TY - BOOK ID - 8360478 TI - Beneficial microorganisms in multicellular life forms AU - Rosenberg, Eugene. AU - Gophna, Uri. PY - 2011 SN - 3642433669 364221679X 9786613470003 1283470004 3642216803 PB - Heidelberg : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Symbiosis KW - Microorganisms KW - Host-bacteria relationships KW - Microbiological Phenomena KW - Microbial Interactions KW - Biological Processes KW - Biological Phenomena KW - Phenomena and Processes KW - Microbiological Processes KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Biology KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Microbiology & Immunology KW - Ecology KW - Symbiosis. KW - Microorganisms. KW - Germs KW - Micro-organisms KW - Microbes KW - Microscopic organisms KW - Consortism KW - Life sciences. KW - Evolutionary biology. KW - Microbiology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Evolutionary Biology. KW - Organisms KW - Microbiology KW - Symbiogenesis KW - Evolution (Biology). KW - Animal evolution KW - Animals KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Evolution KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - Microbial biology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8360478 AB - 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. ER -