Symbionts
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Author |
: Caroline A. Jones |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 266 |
Release |
: 2022-11-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262544481 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262544482 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Symbionts by : Caroline A. Jones
Essays, conversations, selected texts, and a rich collection of thought-provoking artworks celebrate a revolution in bio art. Expertly designed by Omnivore and printed on special papers, including chlorophyll cover and crush citrus and crush cocoa pages. The texts and artworks in Symbionts provoke a necessary conversation about our species and its relation to the planet. Are we merely “mammalian weeds,” as evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis put it? Or are we partners in producing and maintaining the biosphere, as she also suggested? Symbionts reflects on a recent revolution in bio art that departs from the late-1990s code-oriented experiments to embrace entanglement and symbiosis (“with-living”). Combining documentation of contemporary artworks with texts by leading thinkers, Symbionts, which accompanies an exhibition at MIT List Visual Arts Center, offers an expansive view of humanity’s place on the planet. Color reproductions document works by international artists that respond to the revelation that planetary microbes construct and maintain our biosphere. A central essay by coeditor Caroline Jones sets their work in the context of larger discussions around symbiosis; additional essays, an edited roundtable discussion, and selected excerpts follow. Contributors explore, among other things, the resilient ecological knowledge of indigenous scholars and artists, and “biofiction,” a term coined by Jones to describe the work of such theoretical biologists as Jacob von Uexküll as well as the witty parafictions of artist Anicka Yi. A playful glossary puts scientific terms in conversation with cultural ones.
Author |
: Mira Grant |
Publisher |
: Orbit |
Total Pages |
: 445 |
Release |
: 2014-11-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780316219006 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0316219002 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Symbiont by : Mira Grant
From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes the second book in the terrifying Parasitology series. The SymboGen-designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts, turning them into a ravenous horde. Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the tapeworms are taking over their hosts, what their eventual goal is, and how they can be stopped. "A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton." —John Joseph Adams on Parasite More from Mira Grant: Parasitology Parasite Symbiont Chimera Newsflesh Feed Deadline Blackout Feedback Rise
Author |
: Christon J. Hurst |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 319 |
Release |
: 2016-05-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319280684 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319280686 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Mechanistic Benefits of Microbial Symbionts by : Christon J. Hurst
This volume summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms that produce successful symbiotic partnerships involving microorganisms. It begins with a basic introduction to the nature of and mechanistic benefits derived from symbiotic associations. Taking that background knowledge as the starting point, the next sections include chapters that examine representative examples of coevolutionary associations that have developed between species of microbes, as well as associations between microbes and plants. The authors conclude with a section covering a broad range of associations between microbes and invertebrate animals, in which they discuss the spectrum of hosts, with examples ranging from bryozoans and corals to nematodes, arthropods, and cephalopods. Join the authors on this journey of understanding!
Author |
: Martina Schrallhammer |
Publisher |
: MDPI |
Total Pages |
: 120 |
Release |
: 2021-01-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783039439676 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3039439677 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Biodiversity of Ciliates and their Symbionts by : Martina Schrallhammer
In the past three decades, a stream of criminological inquiry has emerged which explores, measures, and theorizes crimes and harms to the environment at the micro-, mezzo-, and macro-levels. This “green criminology”, as it has come to be known, has widened the criminological gaze to consider crimes and harms committed against air, land (from forests to wetlands), nonhuman animals, and water in local, regional, national, and international areas or arenas. Accordingly, green criminology has endeavored to understand the causes and consequences of air and water pollution, biodiversity loss, climate change, corporate environmental crime (e.g., illegal waste disposal), food production and distribution, resource extraction and exploitation, and wildlife trade and trafficking, while also exploring potential responses to these issues. This book seeks to introduce the green criminological perspective to a broader social science audience. Recognizing that green criminology is not the first social science to explore the phenomena and harms at the intersections of humanity and ecology, this book offers an introduction to some of the unique insights developed over nearly 30 years of green criminological thought and scholarship to students, professors, researchers, and practitioners working in the fields of anthropology, economics, environmental humanities, environmental sociology, geography, history, and political ecology. This book contains contributions from researchers in green criminology from around the world, including early- and mid-career scholars, as well as more established voices in the field—all of whom are dedicated to exposing, understanding, and ultimately hoping to thwart further environmental degradation and despoliation.
Author |
: Michael J. Carlile |
Publisher |
: Gulf Professional Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 814 |
Release |
: 2001-01-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780127384467 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0127384464 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fungi by : Michael J. Carlile
This new edition of The Fungi provides a comprehensive introduction to the importance of fungi in the natural world and in practical applications, from a microbiological perspective.
Author |
: Katharina Pawlowski |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2009-06-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783540754602 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3540754601 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Prokaryotic Symbionts in Plants by : Katharina Pawlowski
Endophytic prokaryotes can invade the tissue of the host plant without triggering defense reactions or disease symptoms. Instead, they promote the growth of the host plant due to their ability to fix atmospheric dinitrogen and/or to produce plant growth-promoting substances. This Microbiology Monographs volume presents up-to-date findings on the interactions between plants and beneficial prokaryotes, including the use of genomics for the analysis of plant-prokaryote symbioses and their evolution. Rhizobia-legume, actinorhizal and cyanobacterial symbioses are presented.
Author |
: Christon J. Hurst |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 2016-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783319281704 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3319281704 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rasputin Effect: When Commensals and Symbionts Become Parasitic by : Christon J. Hurst
This volume focuses on those instances when benign and even beneficial relationships between microbes and their hosts opportunistically change and become detrimental toward the host. It examines the triggering events which can factor into these changes, such as reduction in the host’s capacity for mounting an effective defensive response due to nutritional deprivation, coinfections and seemingly subtle environmental influences like the amounts of sunlight, temperature, and either water or air quality. The effects of environmental changes can be compounded when they necessitate a physical relocation of species, in turn changing the probability of encounter between microbe and host. The change also can result when pathogens, including virus species, either have modified the opportunist or attacked the host’s protective natural microflora. The authors discuss these opportunistic interactions and assess their outcomes in both aquatic as well as terrestrial ecosystems, highlighting the impact on plant, invertebrate and vertebrate hosts.
Author |
: Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai |
Publisher |
: Elsevier |
Total Pages |
: 966 |
Release |
: 2022-09-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780323993357 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0323993354 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Microbial Symbionts by : Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai
Microbial Symbionts: Functions and Molecular Interactions on Host focuses on microbial symbionts of plants, animals, insects and molecular methods in the identification of microbial symbionts. The book describes the molecular mechanism and interactions of symbiosis of microbiome in plants, animals and humans. It brings the latest techniques for identification, localization and functional characterization of host-associated microbes and explains the role/importance of microbial symbionts. This comprehensive reference covers a wide range of symbiotic microorganisms used for basic and advanced techniques associated with the isolation, characterization and identification of microbial symbiotic microorganisms and their functions and molecular interactions on the host. The book will also helps users plan and execute experiments with appropriate knowledge rather than experimental trial and error in a wide range of disciplines, including Microbiology, Biotechnology, Botany and Zoology. - Provides basic knowledge and working protocols for a wide range of disciplines like Microbiology, Biotechnology, Botany and Zoology - Presents the most current information in symbiotic microbiome and holobiome - Includes color photos pertaining to techniques
Author |
: Jeff D. Leach |
Publisher |
: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1481258796 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781481258791 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Honor Thy Symbionts by : Jeff D. Leach
"A collection of short essays about health, life and the co-evolution of humans and our microbes"--Cover.
Author |
: Stanley Falkow |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 1003 |
Release |
: 2006-07-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780387254760 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0387254765 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Prokaryotes by : Stanley Falkow
The revised Third Edition of The Prokaryotes, acclaimed as a classic reference in the field, offers new and updated articles by experts from around the world on taxa of relevance to medicine, ecology and industry. Entries combine phylogenetic and systematic data with insights into genetics, physiology and application. Existing entries have been revised to incorporate rapid progress and technological innovation. The new edition improves on the lucid presentation, logical layout and abundance of illustrations that readers rely on, adding color illustration throughout. Expanded to seven volumes in its print form, the new edition adds a new, searchable online version.