Microbial Symbioses - Hardcover

Reseña del editor

Microbial Symbioses presents the latest discoveries on plants and animals and how they evolve in a mostly microbial world that they have been shaped by and in which they interact from their origin. Symbiosis appears to be one of the motors of evolution. This paradigm shift affects the very notion of the individual and challenges the traditional representations of the history of life.

This book's main objective is to develop a concise overview of the current research in this area. The basic biology concepts needed to track it are explained, but it can also be adapted to a more specialized audience of scientists. Symbiosis is indeed a very transversal concept in the life sciences.

• Offers a concise summary of the most recent discoveries in the field
• Shows how symbiosis is acquiring a central role in the biology of the 21st century by transforming our understanding of living things
• Presents scientific issues, but also societal and economic related issues (biodiversity, biotechnology) through examples from all branches of the tree of life

Biografía del autor

Sébastien Duperron is Lecturer in Biology at the University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris. He belongs to the laboratory of aquatic organisms and ecosystems, where his research focuses on the symbioses between invertebrates and chemosynthetic bacteria in the deep ocean.