Bacteria influence eukaryotic biology as parasitic, commensal or beneficial symbionts. Aside
from these organismal interactions, bacteria have also been important sources of new …

Plants and insects have been co-existing for more than 400 million years, leading to intimate
and complex relationships. Throughout their own evolutionary history, plants and insects …

Background Proteinaceous toxins are observed across all levels of inter-organismal and
intra-genomic conflicts. These include recently discovered prokaryotic polymorphic toxin …

Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

Photorhabdus luminescens is a symbiont of nematodes and a broad-spectrum insect
pathogen. The complete genome sequence of strain TT01 is 5,688,987 base pairs (bp) long …

Insect Symbiosis summarizes the current knowledge of the relationship between symbiotic
organisms and their insect hosts and provides an unparalleled analysis of cutting-edge …

Cycads represent one of the most ancient lineages of living seed plants. Identifying genomic
features uniquely shared by cycads and other extant seed plants, but not non-seed …

Recent genetic and molecular analyses have revealed how several strategies enable
bacteria to persist and overcome insect immune defences. Genetic and genomic tools that …

Insects and fungal pathogens pose constant problems to public health and agriculture,
especially in resource-limited parts of the world; and the use of chemical pesticides …

Bacteria communicate via small diffusible molecules and thereby mediate group-
coordinated behavior, a process referred to as quorum sensing. The prototypical quorum …