The Biological Role of a Virus
This book answers the question “What is it that viruses do?” by presenting three aspects of viral ecology. The first aspect explains how viruses affect the population diversity and energetics of their host communities. Perhaps the most notable example of this concept is our understanding that primar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Advances in Environmental Microbiology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- PART I. Viral Control of Community Energetics
- Chapter 1. Viral Nature of the Aquatic Ecosystems
- Chapter 2. Life Continues as Viruses Close Land, Water and Atmosphere Nutrient Cycle
- PART II. Understanding the Genetic Partnership Between a Host and Its Viruses
- Chapter 3. Cataloging the Presence of Endogenous Viruses
- Chapter 4. Do the Biological Roles of Endogenous and Lysogenous Viruses Represent Faustian Bargains?
- Chapter 5. Einstein's Capsid: Bacteriophages Solve the Problems of Space and Time for Bacteria with Emergency Dead to Alive Horizontal Gene Transfer (EDA-HGT)
- Chapter 6. Diverse Phage-Encoded Toxins and Their Role in Bacterial Ecology
- Chapter 7. Mycoviruses as Antivirulence Elements of Fungal Pathogens
- PART III. Defending the Health of Its Hosts
- Chapter 8. The Contribution of Viruses to Immune Systems
- Chapter 9. Application of Viruses for Gene Therapy and Vaccine Development
- Chapter 10. Eukaryotic Virus Interactions with Bacteria: Implications for Pathogenesis and Control