Format:
1 online resource (315 pages)
ISBN:
9781000090062
Series Statement:
Evolutionary Cell Biology Ser.
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Preface -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: When does symbiosis begin? Bacterial cues necessary for metamorphosis in the marine polychaete Hydroides elegans -- 1.1 The symbiosis space -- 1.2 Chemical cues mediate symbiotic interactions -- 1.3 How do specific symbiotic interactions begin? Examples from the pre-symbiosis space -- 1.4 Bacterially induced metamorphosis of marine invertebrate animals -- 1.5 Bacterial induction of metamorphosis in Hydroides elegans -- 1.6 Identification of larval metamorphic cues from biofilm bacteria -- 1.7 How variability of inductive bacteria and identified settlement cues relate to variable larval settlement and recruitment -- 1.8 Lipopolysaccharide mediates both symbiotic and pre-symbiotic interactions -- 1.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: The language of symbiosis: Insights from protist biology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cytoplasm as microcosm -- 2.3 Eukaryotes inside eukaryotes (inside other eukaryotes) -- 2.4 Ectosymbiosis: It's a jungle out there -- 2.5 Microbial symbioses: Power struggles in time and space -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3: Trichoplax and its bacteria: How many are there? Are they speaking? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 How many symbionts are known to be present and where do they occur? -- 3.3 Do all placozoans harbor both G. incantans and R. eludens? -- 3.4 Intracellular locations of the placozoan symbionts -- 3.5 Unusual mitochondria in placozoan fiber cells and their possible relationship to symbiosis -- 3.6 Molecular inferences on the nature of the Trichoplax-bacteria symbioses -- 3.7 How are the bacterial symbionts of placozoans transmitted between generations? -- 3.8 Some big questions remaining and suggestions for their resolution -- Acknowledgments.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367228811
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367228811
Language:
English
