TY - BOOK AU - edited by White, James F. AU - Torres, Monica S. TI - Defensive mutualism in microbial symbiosis SN - 9781420069310 U1 - 579.517852 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - CRC Press KW - Endophytic Fungi KW - Mutualism (Biology) KW - Symbiosis N1 - Part I OVERVIEW OF MUTUALISTIC ASSOCIATIONS AND DEFENSE 1 Introduction: Symbiosis, Defensive Mutualism, and Variations on the Theme 2 Defensive Mutualism and Grass Endophytes: Still Valid after All These Years? 3 Overview of Defensive Mutualism in the Marine Environment Part II PROKARYOTIC DEFENSIVE SYMBIONTS 4 Microbial Symbionts for Defense and Competition among Ciliate Hosts 5 Bacterial Chemical Defenses of Marine Animal Hosts 6 Is the Vibrio fischeri-Euprymna scolopes Symbiosis a Defensive Mutualism? 7 Entomopathogenic Nematode and Bacteria Mutualism 8 Interspecies Competition in a Bacteria-Nematode Mutualism 9 Defensive Symbionts in Aphids and Other Insects 10 Fungus-Growing Ant-Microbe Symbiosis: Using Microbes to Defend Beneficial Associations within Symbiotic Communities Part III EUKARYOTIC DEFENSIVE SYMBIONTS 11 Chemical Defense in Lichen Symbioses 12 Arbuscular Mycorrhizae as Defense against Pathogens 13 Evaluation of Mycorrhizal Symbioses as Defense in Extreme Environments 14 Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis on Enhancement of Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses 15 Conifer Endophytes 16 Diversity and Ecological Roles of Clavicipitaceous Endophytes of Grasses 17 Contributions of Pharmaceutical Antibiotic and Secondary Metabolite Discovery to the Understanding of Microbial Defense and Antagonism Part IV FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES AS MODEL SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND DEFENSIVE MUTUALISM 18 Extensions to and Modulation of Defensive Mutualism in Grass Endophytes 19 Conceptual Model for the Analysis of Plant-Endophyte Symbiosis in Relation to Abiotic Stress 20 Habitat-Adapted Symbiosis as a Defense against Abiotic and Biotic Stresses 21 Insect Herbivory and Defensive Mutualisms between Plants and Fungi 22 Fungal Endophytes: Defensive Characteristics and Implications for Agricultural Applications 23 Endophytic Niche and Grass Defense ER -