The Rasputin Effect: When Commensals And Symbionts Become Parasitic (advances In Environmental Microbiology)
by Christon J. Hurst /
2016 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
