Beneficial Microorganisms in Multicellular Life Forms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rosenberg, Eugene (Editor), Gophna, Uri (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.

All animals and plants form associations with hundreds or thousands of different beneficial microorganisms. These symbiotic microbes play an important role in the development, adaptation, health and evolution of their hosts. This book brings together a group of diverse biologists to discuss microbia...