Defensive mutualism in microbial symbiosis/ 
edited by James F. White, Monica S. Torres. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York:  CRC Press,  2009. 
 - xvii, 412 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Part I OVERVIEW OF MUTUALISTIC ASSOCIATIONS AND DEFENSE<br/>1 Introduction: Symbiosis, Defensive Mutualism, and Variations on the Theme<br/>2 Defensive Mutualism and Grass Endophytes: Still Valid after All These Years?<br/>3 Overview of Defensive Mutualism in the Marine Environment<br/><br/>Part II PROKARYOTIC DEFENSIVE SYMBIONTS<br/>4 Microbial Symbionts for Defense and Competition among Ciliate Hosts<br/>5 Bacterial Chemical Defenses of Marine Animal Hosts<br/>6 Is the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes Symbiosis a Defensive Mutualism?<br/>7 Entomopathogenic Nematode and Bacteria Mutualism<br/>8 Interspecies Competition in a Bacteria-Nematode Mutualism<br/>9 Defensive Symbionts in Aphids and Other Insects<br/>10 Fungus-Growing Ant-Microbe Symbiosis: Using Microbes to Defend Beneficial Associations within Symbiotic Communities<br/><br/>Part III EUKARYOTIC DEFENSIVE SYMBIONTS<br/>11 Chemical Defense in Lichen Symbioses<br/>12 Arbuscular Mycorrhizae as Defense against Pathogens<br/>13 Evaluation of Mycorrhizal Symbioses as Defense in Extreme Environments<br/>14 Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Enhancement of Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses<br/>15 Conifer Endophytes<br/>16 Diversity and Ecological Roles of Clavicipitaceous Endophytes of Grasses<br/>17 Contributions of Pharmaceutical Antibiotic and Secondary Metabolite Discovery to the Understanding of Microbial Defense and Antagonism<br/><br/>Part IV FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES AS MODEL SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND DEFENSIVE MUTUALISM<br/>18 Extensions to and Modulation of Defensive Mutualism in Grass Endophytes<br/>19 Conceptual Model for the Analysis of Plant-Endophyte Symbiosis in Relation to Abiotic Stress<br/>20 Habitat-Adapted Symbiosis as a Defense against Abiotic and Biotic Stresses<br/>21 Insect Herbivory and Defensive Mutualisms between Plants and Fungi<br/>22 Fungal Endophytes: Defensive Characteristics and Implications for Agricultural Applications<br/>23 Endophytic Niche and Grass Defense 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781420069310 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Endophytic Fungi<br/>Mutualism (Biology)<br/>Symbiosis
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>579.517852  / WHI/D