Roles and mechanisms of parasitism in aquatic microbial communities

• Autore: David G. Biron
• Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media SA, 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic resource (153 p.)
• Soggetto non controllato: Foodweb dynamics; pathogens; Viruses; Parasites; aquatic ecosystems; microbial ecology; Emerging diseases; microbiome; Parasite host interactions; Aquaculture
• Persona (resp. second.): Kevin D Lafferty; Telesphore Sime Ngando
• Sommario/riassunto: Next 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Roles and mechanisms of parasitism in aquatic microbial communities
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136405503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II