Symbioses and Stress Joint Ventures in Biology

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
On the Origin of Symbiosis....Pages 3-18
Symbioses and Stress....Pages 19-36
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Problems and Progress in Understanding the Origins of Mitochondria and Plastids....Pages 39-62
The Origin of Eukarya as a Stress Response of Two-Membrane-Bounded Sexual Pre-karyote to an Aggressive Alphaproteobacterial Periplasmic Infection....Pages 63-81
Low CO 2 Stress: Glaucocystophytes May Have Found a Unique Solution....Pages 83-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Animal–Bacterial Endosymbioses of Gutless Tube-Dwelling Worms in Marine Sediments....Pages 97-120
Multibiont Symbioses in the Coral Reef Ecosystem....Pages 121-144
Cnidarian–Dinoflagellate Symbiosis-Mediated Adaptation to Environmental Perturbations....Pages 145-175
Oxidative Stress-Mediated Development of Symbiosis in Green Paramecia....Pages 177-195
Coral Symbiosis Under Stress....Pages 197-224
 Azolla as a Superorganism. Its Implication in Symbiotic Studies....Pages 225-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Parasitism is a Strong Force Shaping the Fungus-Growing Ant–Microbe Symbiosis....Pages 245-264
Evolution and Consequences of Nutrition-Based Symbioses in Insects: More than Food Stress....Pages 265-288
Three in a Boat: Host-Plant, Insect Herbivore, and Fungal Entomopathogen....Pages 289-326
Symbiotic Foraminifera and Stress....Pages 327-337
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Under Stress Conditions: Benefits and Costs....Pages 339-356
Modulation of Aquaporin Genes by the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Relation to Osmotic Stress Tolerance....Pages 357-374
How Rhizobia Survive in the Absence of a Legume Host, a Stressful World Indeed....Pages 375-391
Life on a Leaf: Bacterial Epiphytes of a Salt-Excreting Desert Tree....Pages 393-406
Physiological Responses to Stress in the Vibrionaceae....Pages 407-426
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
The Stressed Life of Microbes in Plants....Pages 427-444
Symbiotic Plant–Microbe Interactions: Stress Protection, Plant Growth Promotion, and Biocontrol by Stenotrophomonas ....Pages 445-460
Adaptation and Survival of Plants in High Stress Habitats via Fungal Endophyte Conferred Stress Tolerance....Pages 461-476
Grass Endophyte-Mediated Plant Stress Tolerance: Alkaloids and Their Functions....Pages 477-493
Endocytosis in Plant – Fungal Interactions....Pages 495-508
Die Hard: Lichens....Pages 509-523
Stress and Developmental Strategies in Lichens....Pages 525-546
Green Algae and Fungi in Lichens:....Pages 547-555
Green Biofilms on Tree Barks: More than Just Algae....Pages 557-573
Front Matter....Pages 575-575
Space Flight Effects on Lichen Ultrastructure and Physiology....Pages 577-593
Resistance of Symbiotic Eukaryotes....Pages 595-611
Front Matter....Pages 613-613
Symbioses and Stress: Final comments....Pages 615-615
Back Matter....Pages 617-630