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9789402408829
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Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: Structure and General Processes -- Chapter 1: The Bacterial Cell -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Structure and Functionning -- 2.1 The Cell Wall -- 2.2 Secretion Systems (SS) -- 2.3 Cytoskeleton -- 2.4 Chromosome and Plasmids -- 2.4.1 Genetic Recombination -- 2.4.2 DNA Methylation -- 2.5 Flagella and Pili -- 2.6 Quorum Sensing -- 2.7 CRISPR-CAS System -- 3 Metabolism -- 4 Identification -- References -- Chapter 2: Bacteria and Eukaryotes Evolution -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolutionary Processes -- 3 Bacterial Diversity
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4 Eukaryota and Metazoa Evolution -- References -- Chapter 3: Symbiotic Relationships -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Symbiosis and Evolution -- 2.1 The Age of Symbiotic Associations -- 2.2 Endosymbiosis -- 2.2.1 Location and Bacteriocytes -- 2.2.2 Multiple Endosymbionts -- 2.2.3 Evolutive Ties -- 2.3 Ectosymbionts (Epibionts) -- 2.3.1 Ectosymbionts Location -- 3 Functionality of Symbiosis -- 3.1 Specificity -- 3.2 Acquisition -- 3.3 Benefits of Symbiosis -- 3.3.1 Nutrition and Metabolism -- 3.3.2 Host Defense -- 3.3.3 Detoxification and Other Functional Benefits -- 4 Adaptive Processes
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4.1 Reproductive Manipulation -- 4.2 Host Adaptive Changes -- 4.3 Genome Shrinking -- References -- Chapter 4: Parasitic Endosymbiosis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Parasitism and Evolution -- 2.1 Red Queen Model -- 2.2 Genetic Races and Coevolution -- 3 Host-Parasite Interactions -- 3.1 Environmental Factors -- 3.2 Resistance -- 3.2.1 The Cuticle Barrier -- 3.2.2 Other Resistance Mechanisms -- 3.3 Toxins -- 3.3.1 Bt Toxins -- 3.3.2 Lysinibacillus sphaericus Toxins -- 3.3.3 Brevibacillus laterosporus -- 3.3.4 Paenibacillus spp. -- 3.3.5 Toxins of Other Entomopathogens -- 3.3.6 Vibrio spp. -- 4 Diseases
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4.1 Pathogenicity and Virulence -- 4.2 Specificity -- 4.3 Examples of Invertebrate Diseases -- 4.3.1 Crustaceans -- 4.3.2 Molluscs -- 4.3.3 Insects -- 4.3.4 Nematodes -- References -- Chapter 5: Travelling Bacteria: Vectors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Disease Transmission -- 2.1 Human Diseases -- 2.1.1 Plague -- 2.1.2 Lyme Disease and Relapsing Fevers -- 2.1.3 Rickettsioses -- 2.1.4 Diseases Transmitted by Gnats and Flies -- 2.1.5 Other Human Diseases -- 2.2 Animal Diseases -- 2.2.1 Domestic Species -- 2.2.2 Wildlife -- 2.3 Plant Pathogens -- 2.3.1 Phloematic Diseases -- 2.3.2 Xylematic Diseases
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2.3.3 Other Plant Diseases -- References -- Chapter 6: Travelling Bacteria: Phoresy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Insect-Associated Bacteria -- 3 Other Invertebrate Bacteria -- 3.1 Slug Parasitic Nematodes -- 3.2 Grass Gall Nematodes -- 3.3 Microbiovorous Nematodes -- 3.4 Anellids -- References -- Part II: Molecular Processes -- Chapter 7: Defense and Immune Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origins and Evolution -- 3 Humoral Defense -- 3.1 Melanization and Phenoloxidase Activity -- 3.2 Receptors and Recognition -- 3.3 Lectin-Mediated Complement and Activation -- 3.4 Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs)
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3.5 Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs)
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Additional Edition:
9789402408829
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Print version Ciancio, Aurelio Invertebrate Bacteriology : Function, Evolution and Biological Ties Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands,c2016 9789402408829
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