TY - GEN digital ID - 131712496 TI - Symbioses and Stress : Joint Ventures in Biology AU - Seckbach, Joseph AU - Grube, Martin PY - 2010 SN - 9789048194490 9789048194483 9789400733459 9789048194506 PB - Dordrecht Springer Netherlands DB - UniCat KW - Evolution. Phylogeny KW - General microbiology KW - Hydrobiology KW - General ecology and biosociology KW - Water supply. Water treatment. Water pollution KW - aquacultuur KW - microbiologie KW - ecologie KW - Europees recht KW - waterbeheer UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131712496 AB - Symbioses and Stress centers on the question of how organisms in tight symbiotic associations cope with various types of abiotic and biotic stress. In its original sense, symbioses cover all kinds of interactions among unrelated organisms, whereas in a narrower concept, the term is often referred to as mutualism. Evolutionary biology recognizes symbiosis as an integrative process, and most fundamental evolutionary innovations arose from cooperative symbioses. Mutualisms contribute to stress tolerance, ecosystem stability, and evolutionary radiation of cooperating organisms. Modern eukaryotic cells are the result of the endosymbiotic union of prokaryotic ancestors as well as diverse exosymbiotic associations. This cooperative aggregation appears more successful than its independent parts. This new book presents functional and evolutionary aspects of mutually beneficial symbioses among unrelated organisms. ER -