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All animals and plants form associations with hundreds or thousands
of different beneficial microorganisms. These symbiotic microbes
play an important role in the development, adaptation, health and
evolution of their hosts. This book brings together a group of
diverse biologists to discuss microbial interactions with
multicellular life forms including insects, corals, plants, and
mammals, including humans. The various mechanisms by which
microorganisms benefit their hosts are discussed, including
providing essential nutrients, preventing disease, inducing the
immune system, and combating stress. Since the microbiota can be
transferred from parent to offspring, it plays an important role in
the origin and evolution of animal and plant species. This book
should be of interest to the widest range of biological scientists,
merging the studies of host and microbial physiology, symbiosis,
and the ecology and evolution of symbiotic partners.
All animals and plants form associations with hundreds or thousands
of different beneficial microorganisms. These symbiotic microbes
play an important role in the development, adaptation, health and
evolution of their hosts. This book brings together a group of
diverse biologists to discuss microbial interactions with
multicellular life forms including insects, corals, plants, and
mammals, including humans. The various mechanisms by which
microorganisms benefit their hosts are discussed, including
providing essential nutrients, preventing disease, inducing the
immune system, and combating stress. Since the microbiota can be
transferred from parent to offspring, it plays an important role in
the origin and evolution of animal and plant species. This book
should be of interest to the widest range of biological scientists,
merging the studies of host and microbial physiology, symbiosis,
and the ecology and evolution of symbiotic partners.
Although the phenomenon of lateral gene transfer has been known
since the 1940's, it was the genomics era that has really revealed
the extent and many facets of this evolutionary/genetic phenomenon.
Even in the early 2000s with but a handful of genomes available it
became clear that the nature of microorganisms is full of genetic
exchange between lineages that are sometimes far apart. The years
following this saw an explosion of genomic data, which shook the
"tree of life" and also raised doubts about the most appropriate
species concepts for prokaryotes. This book attempts to represent
the many-fold contributions of LGT to the evolution of micro and,
to an extent, macro-organisms by focusing on the areas where the
Editor felt it had the largest impact: metabolic innovations and
adaptations and speciation.
Although the phenomenon of lateral gene transfer has been known
since the 1940's, it was the genomics era that has really revealed
the extent and many facets of this evolutionary/genetic phenomenon.
Even in the early 2000s with but a handful of genomes available it
became clear that the nature of microorganisms is full of genetic
exchange between lineages that are sometimes far apart. The years
following this saw an explosion of genomic data, which shook the
"tree of life" and also raised doubts about the most appropriate
species concepts for prokaryotes. This book attempts to represent
the many-fold contributions of LGT to the evolution of micro and,
to an extent, macro-organisms by focusing on the areas where the
Editor felt it had the largest impact: metabolic innovations and
adaptations and speciation.
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