Biocommunication in Soil Microorganisms

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Intracellular Biocommunication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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3. Introduction: Key Levels of Biocommunication of Bacteria

   1. Introduction: Key Levels of Biocommunication of Bacteria

      • Guenther Witzany

      Pages 1-34

4. Intracellular Biocommunication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. Communication Among Phages, Bacteria, and Soil Environments

      • Stephen T. Abedon

      Pages 37-65

   3. Soil Bacteria and Bacteriophages

      • Robert Armon

      Pages 67-112

   4. Soil Phage Ecology: Abundance, Distribution, and Interactions with Bacterial Hosts

      • Kurt E. Williamson

      Pages 113-136

   5. Identification and Analysis of Prophages and Phage Remnants in Soil Bacteria

      • K. V. Srividhya, S. Krishnaswamy

      Pages 137-160

   6. Back to the Soil: Retroviruses and Transposons

      • Omar Bagasra, D. Gene Pace

      Pages 161-187

   7. Ubiquitous Bacteriophage Hosts in Rice Paddy Soil

      • Makoto Kimura, Guanghua Wang, Natsuko Nakayama, Susumu Asakawa

      Pages 189-213

   8. Phage Biopesticides and Soil Bacteria: Multilayered and Complex Interactions

      • Antonet M. Svircev, Susan M. Lehman, Peter Sholberg, Dwayne Roach, Alan J. Castle

      Pages 215-235

   9. Interactions Between Bacteriophage DinoHI and a Network of Integrated Elements Which Control Virulence in Dichelobacter nodosus, the Causative Agent of Ovine Footrot

      • Brian F. Cheetham, Gabrielle Whittle, Michael Ting, Margaret E. Katz

      Pages 237-253

   10. Gene Network Holography of the Soil Bacterium Bacillus subtilis

       • Dalit Roth, Asaf Madi, Dror Y. Kenett, Eshel Ben-Jacob

       Pages 255-281

   11. Population and Comparative Genomics Inform Our Understanding of Bacterial Species Diversity in the Soil

       • Margaret A. Riley

       Pages 283-292

5. Intercellular and Trans-Kingdom Biocommunication

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293

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   2. Plasmids of the Rhizobiaceae and Their Role in Interbacterial and Transkingdom Interactions

      • Katherine M. Pappas, Miguel A. Cevallos

      Pages 295-337

   3. Quorum Sensing and Quorum Quenching in Soil Ecosystems

      • Yves Dessaux, Emilie Chapelle, Denis Faure

      Pages 339-367

   4. Integration of Cell-to-Cell Signals in Soil Bacterial Communities

      • Max Teplitski, Massimo Merighi, Mengsheng Gao, Jayne Robinson

      Pages 369-401

   5. Beneficial Rhizobacteria Induce Plant Growth: Mapping Signaling Networks in Arabidopsis

      • Paul W. Paré, Huiming Zhang, Mina Aziz, Xitao Xie, Mi-Seong Kim, Xin Shen et al.

      Pages 403-412

   6. Signal and Nutrient Exchange in the Interactions Between Soil Algae and Bacteria

      • Max Teplitski, Sathish Rajamani

      Pages 413-426

Communication is defined as an interaction between at least two living agents which share a repertoire of signs. These are combined according to syntactic, semantic and context-dependent, pragmatic rules in order to coordinate behavior. This volume deals with the important roles of soil bacteria in parasitic and symbiotic interactions with viruses, plants, animals and fungi. Starting with a general overview of the key levels of communication between bacteria, further reviews examine the various aspects of intracellular as well as intercellular biocommunication between soil microorganisms. This includes the various levels of biocommunication between phages and bacteria, between soil algae and bacteria, and between bacteria, fungi and plants in the rhizosphere, the role of plasmids and transposons, horizontal gene transfer, quorum sensing and quorum quenching, bacterial-host cohabitation, phage-mediated genetic exchange and soil viral ecology.

• Bacteriophages
• Gene transfer
• Information transport
• Quorum sensing
• Signal transduction

"The discovery of cellular communication (both inter- and intra-species communication) in the microbial world is one of the most exciting and significant scientific breakthroughs in the last quarter century. “Biocommunication in Soil Microorganisms” provides a in-depth review of many aspects of this topic for microorganisms and their viruses that inhabit the soil ecosystem. The chapters are written by leading experts in the field and provide a thorough treatment of our state-of-knowledge while also stimulating ideas for future investigation. It will be an essential reference for all of those with interest in microbial communication."

Mark Radosevich, Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

 

"Historically, we did not think of soil microorganisms as being immersed in an ecology of biocommunication. But we have recently come to appreciate the richness of such communication. And in this exchange of information the viruses (phages) and related genetic agents contribute a major mode of communication. Günther Witzany is to be commended for having compiled a milestone edition that has brought this topic together for the first time."

Luis P. Villarreal, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, USA

 

• Telos - Philosophische Praxis, Bürmoos, Austria

  Günther Witzany

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