Microbiomes and Their Functions: Why Organisms Need Microbes

ISBN-13: 9780367749897 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 252 str.

Vasu Appanna

Opis

For students, researchers and professionals probing microbial interactions with living organisms, this book provides a fundamental understanding of the importance of the microbiome in the life of multicellular organisms. It explains why microbes are an integral part of organisms and describes the diverse roles they perform for their hosts.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: The Genesis of Life – How it All Started
Chapter 2: Algae and Their Microbiomes
Chapter 3: Fungal Microbiome and Mycobiome Within Other Organisms
Chapter 4: Microbiomes of Sedentary Aquatic Organisms
Chapter 5: Insect Microbiome: Microbes Insects Depend On
Chapter 6: Fish Microbiome: Functional Perspectives
Chapter 7: Microbial Constituents of Birds: Genesis, Functions and Adaptations
Chapter 8: Mammalian Microbiomes: The Roles They Perform
Chapter 9: Plants and Their Microbial Communities

O autorze

Dr. Vasu D. Appanna has been studying, researching and teaching for more than 30 years in Canada and world-wide. He has published extensively on microbial systems surviving in stressed environments and the very successful and widely distributed book Human Microbes: The Power Within – Health, Healing and Beyond. He is currently a Professor of Biochemistry at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario where he has also served as Department Chair and Dean of Faculty.