Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Karlovsky, Petr (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Soil Biology, 14
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Sedimentology.; Agriculture.; Plant biochemistry.; Ecology.; Microbial ecology.; Life Sciences.; Terrestial Ecology.; Microbial Ecology.; Plant Biochemistry.

Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology focuses on the role of bacterial, fungal and plant secondary metabolites in soil ecosystems. Our understanding of the biological function of secondary metabolites is surprisingly limited, considering our knowledge of their structural diversity and pharmaceutical...

Table of Contents:

• Detection and Analysis
• Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology
• Detection of Antibiotics Produced by Soil and Rhizosphere Microbes In Situ
• Rhizosphere Metabolomics: Methods and Applications
• N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Rhizobacteria
• Bacterial Metabolites
• The Effect of Bacterial Secondary Metabolites on Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Rice
• Secondary Metabolites of Soil Streptomycetes in Biotic Interactions
• Fungal Metabolites
• The Effect of Fungal Secondary Metabolites on Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens
• Biological Significance of Truffle Secondary Metabolites
• Mycotoxins in the Soil Environment
• Plant Metabolites
• Constitutive Secondary Plant Metabolites and Soil Fungi: Defense Against or Facilitation of Diversity
• Root Exudates Modulate Plant—Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere
• Functional Aspects
• The Impacts of Selected Natural Plant Chemicals on Terrestrial Invertebrates
• The Role of Soil Microbial Volatile Products in Community Functional Interactions.