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Defensive mutualism in microbial symbiosis / edited by James F. White, Monica S. Torres. — Boca Raton, Fla. ;London : CRC, c2009. – (58.884/D313) |
Contents
Contents
Preface ix
Editors xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Contributors
Part I Overview of Mutualistic Associations and Defense
1. Introduction: Symbiosis， Defensive Mutualism， and Variations on the Theme 3
2. Defensive Mutualism and Grass Endophytes: Still Valid after All These Years? 9
3. Overview of Defensive Mutualism in the Marine Environment 21
Part II Prokaryotic Defensive Symbionts
4. Microbial Symbionts for Defense and Competition among Ciliate Hosts 45
5. Bacterial Chemical Defenses of Marine Animal Hosts 65
6. Is the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes Symbiosis a Defensive Mutualism? 85
7. Entomopathogenic Nematode and Bacteria Mutualism 99
8. Interspecies Competition in a Bacteria-Nematode Mutualism 117
9. Defensive Symbionts in Aphids and Other Insects 129
10. Fungus-Growing Ant-Microbe Symbiosis: Using Microbes to Defend Beneficial Associations within Symbiotic Communities 149
Part III Eukaryotic Defensive Symbionts
11. Chemical Defense in Lichen Symbioses 167
12. Arbuscular Mycorrhizae as Defense against Pathogens 183
13. Evaluation of Mycorrhizal Symbioses as Defense in Extreme Environments 199
14. Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Enhancement of Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses 217
15. Conifer Endophytes 235
16. Diversity and Ecological Roles of Clavicipitaceous Endophytes of Grasses 247
17. Contributions of Pharmaceutical Antibiotic and Secondary Metabolite Discovery to the Understanding of Microbial Defense and Antagonism 257
Part IV Fungal Endophyte as Model System to Understand Defensive Mutualism
18. Extensions to and Modulation of Defensive Mutualism in Grass Endophytes 301
19. Conceptual Model for the Analysis of Plant-Endophyte Symbiosis in Relation to Abiotic Stress 319
20. Habitat-Adapted Symbiosis as a Defense against Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 335
21. Insect Herbivory and Defensive Mutualisms between Plants and Fungi 347
22. Fungal Endophytes: Defensive Characteristics and Implications for Agricultural Applications 367
23. Endophytic Niche and Grass Defense 385
Index 405
