Symbioses and Stress
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Beschreibung
Symbioses and Stress centers on the question of how organisms in tight symbiotic associations cope with various types of abiotic and biotic stress. In its original sense, symbioses cover all kinds of interactions among unrelated organisms, whereas in a narrower concept, the term is often referred to as mutualism. Evolutionary biology recognizes symbiosis as an integrative process, and most fundamental evolutionary innovations arose from cooperative symbioses. Mutualisms contribute to stress tolerance, ecosystem stability, and evolutionary radiation of cooperating organisms. Modern eukaryotic cells are the result of the endosymbiotic union of prokaryotic ancestors as well as diverse exosymbiotic associations. This cooperative aggregation appears more successful than its independent parts. This new book presents functional and evolutionary aspects of mutually beneficial symbioses among unrelated organisms.
Symbioses are vital processes in biology, involving several organisms (Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes) This volume brings new information on symbioses by experts and leading scholars in this field This information of the volume complements courses and lectures in General biology and genetics Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Joseph Seckbach
Themen in »Symbioses and Stress«
Adaptation Biofilm Endosymbiosis Eukarya Eukaryota Extremotolerance Mutualism Stress Symbiosis ecosystem evolutionary biology microbe microbes the origin