LEADER 02511nam 2200433z- 450 001 9910136405503321 005 20240710221950.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000612049 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/58617 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000612049 100 $a20202102d2015 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRoles and mechanisms of parasitism in aquatic microbial communities 210 $cFrontiers Media SA$d2015 215 $a1 electronic resource (153 p.) 225 1 $aFrontiers Research Topics 311 $a2-88919-588-0 330 $aNext Generation Sequencing technologies are increasingly revealing that microbial taxa likely to be parasites or symbionts are probably much more prevalent and diverse than previously thought. Every well studied free-living species has parasites; parasites themselves can be parasitized. As a rule of thumb, there is an estimated 4 parasitic species for any given host, and the better a host is studied the more parasites are known to infect it. Therefore, parasites and other symbionts should represent a very large number of species and may far outnumber those with 'free-living' lifestyles. Paradoxically, free-living hosts, which form the bulk of our knowledge of biology, may be a minority! Microbial parasites typically are characterized by their small size, short generation time, and high rates of reproduction, with simple life cycle occurring generally within a single host. They are diverse and ubiquitous in the environment, comprising viruses, prokaryotes and eukaryotes. This Frontiers Research Topic sought to provide a broad overview but concise, comprehensive, well referenced and up-to-date state of the art for everyone involved with microbial parasites in aquatic microbial ecology. 610 $aFoodweb dynamics 610 $apathogens 610 $aViruses 610 $aParasites 610 $aaquatic ecosystems 610 $amicrobial ecology 610 $aEmerging diseases 610 $amicrobiome 610 $aParasite host interactions 610 $aAquaculture 700 $aBiron$b David$4auth$01743200 702 $aLafferty$b Kevin D$4auth 702 $aSime-Ngando$b Te?lesphore$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136405503321 996 $aRoles and mechanisms of parasitism in aquatic microbial communities$94170497 997 $aUNINA