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This is the first coherent description of all levels of communication of ciliates. Ciliates are highly sensitive organisms that actively compete for environmental resources. They assess their surroundings, estimate how much energy they need for particular goals, and then realize the optimum variant. They take measures to control certain environmental resources. They perceive themselves and can distinguish between ‘self’ and ‘non-self’. They process and evaluate information and then modify their behavior accordingly. These highly diverse competences show us that this is possible owing to sign(aling)-mediated communication processes within ciliates (intra-organismic), between the same, related and different ciliate species (inter-organismic), and between ciliates and non-ciliate organisms (trans-organismic). This is crucial in coordinating growth and development, shape and dynamics. This book further serves as a learning tool for research aspects in biocommunication in ciliates. It will guide scientists in further investigations on ciliate behavior, how they mediate signaling processes between themselves and the environment.

Life sciences. --- Microbial ecology. --- Microbiology. --- Microbial genetics. --- Microbial genomics. --- Life Sciences. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Eukaryotic Microbiology. --- Microbial Genetics and Genomics. --- Cellular signal transduction. --- Ciliata. --- Ciliated protozoa --- Ciliophora --- Cellular information transduction --- Information transduction, Cellular --- Signal transduction, Cellular --- Protozoa --- Bioenergetics --- Cellular control mechanisms --- Information theory in biology --- Genomics --- Microbial genetics --- Microorganisms --- Genetics --- Microbiology --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Environmental microbiology --- Ecology

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Volume 2 comprises 10 chapters emphasizing proteomics and other “omics” approaches for gaining fundamental knowledge of ticks, malaria mosquitoes, caterpillar larvae, spiders, and other arthropods, and practical applications for the specialized substances they produce. Included are comprehensive reviews of the tick salivary gland proteome, the lepidopteran larval peritrophic matrix, and circadian changes in the malaria mosquito proteome, the biochemistry of insect cold adaptation, and the evolutionary loss of selenocysteine from insect lineages. Surveyed are antimicrobial peptides for medical therapeutics, advanced insect systems for expressing biologically active proteins, properties and uses for spider silks, and novel nano-insecticides from bio-active plant extracts. The editors have assembled top-quality scientists from diverse fields of insect genomics, proteomics and biotechnology to produce a major new work. The chapters of this series (Volumes 1 & 2) present many experts’ contributions, providing a concise overview of recent advances by highlighting their current research. The chapters are accessible to wide audience, helping students, postdocs, and researchers to broaden their knowledge and gain an understanding of the challenges and opportunities in each field. Emphasis is on innovative effective and ecologically sound approaches based on the knowledge of insect science to improve public health and agriculture.

Invertebrates & Protozoa --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Insects --- Genetics. --- Functional genomics. --- Hexapoda --- Insecta --- Pterygota --- Arthropoda --- Entomology --- Entomology. --- Proteomics. --- Animal physiology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Biotechnology. --- Animal Physiology. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Animal physiology --- Anatomy --- Molecular biology --- Proteins --- Physiology --- Evolutionary biology.