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Beneficial Microorganisms in Multicellular Life Forms

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Editors:
  1. Eugene Rosenberg

    1. , Dept. of Molecular Microbiology and Biot, University of Tel Aviv, Ramat Aviv, Israel

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  2. Uri Gophna

    1. , Dept. of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Tel Aviv, Ramat Aviv, Israel

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  • Explains the role of microorganisms in the health or disease of their hosts

  • An interdisciplinary view written by experts in the field

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Insect–Microbe Symbioses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Microbial Symbioses in the Digestive Tract of Lower Termites

      • Andreas Brune
      Pages 3-25

    3. Insect “Symbiology” Is Coming of Age, Bridging Between Bench and Field

      • Edouard Jurkevitch
      Pages 27-41

    4. Chironomids and Vibrio cholerae

      • Malka Halpern
      Pages 43-56

    5. Role of Bacteria in Mating Preference in Drosophila melanogaster

      • Gil Sharon, Daniel Segal, Eugene Rosenberg
      Pages 57-69

  3. Plant–Microbe Symbioses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Legume–Microbe Symbioses

      • Masayuki Sugawara, Michael J. Sadowsky
      Pages 73-88

    3. Plant Growth Promotion by Rhizosphere Bacteria Through Direct Effects

      • Yael Helman, Saul Burdman, Yaacov Okon
      Pages 89-103

    4. Rhizosphere Microorganisms

      • Dror Minz, Maya Ofek
      Pages 105-121

    5. Microbial Protection Against Plant Disease

      • Eddie Cytryn, Max Kolton
      Pages 123-136

  4. Coral–Microbe Symbioses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. Bacterial Symbionts of Corals and Symbiodinium

      • Kim B. Ritchie
      Pages 139-150

    3. Coral-Associated Heterotrophic Protists

      • L. Arotsker, E. Kramarsky-Winter, A. Kushmaro
      Pages 151-161

    4. Effect of Ocean Acidification on the Coral Microbial Community

      • Dalit Meron, Lena Hazanov, Maoz Fine, Ehud Banin
      Pages 163-173

  5. Microbes in Mammalian Health and Disease

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. Toward the Educated Design of Bacterial Communities

      • Shiri Freilich, Eytan Ruppin
      Pages 177-188

    3. Oral Microbes in Health and Disease

      • Gilad Bachrach, Marina Faerman, Ofir Ginesin, Amir Eini, Asaf Sol, Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer
      Pages 189-201

    4. The Role of the Rumen Microbiota in Determining the Feed Efficiency of Dairy Cows

      • Itzhak Mizrahi
      Pages 203-210

    5. The Intestinal Microbiota and Intestinal Disease: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

      • Nirit Keren, Uri Gophna
      Pages 211-222
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Dept. of Molecular Microbiology and Biot, University of Tel Aviv, Ramat Aviv, Israel

    Eugene Rosenberg

  • , Dept. of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Tel Aviv, Ramat Aviv, Israel

    Uri Gophna

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beneficial Microorganisms in Multicellular Life Forms

  • Editors: Eugene Rosenberg, Uri Gophna

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21680-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-21679-4Published: 31 August 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43366-5Published: 12 October 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-21680-0Published: 30 August 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 348

  • Topics: Microbiology, Evolutionary Biology

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