Symbiosis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxx

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2. General Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Prioritizing Symbiosis to Sustain Biodiversity: Are Symbionts Keystone Species?

      • Douglas P. Zook

      Pages 3-12

   3. Morphological Aspects of Symbiosis

      • P. Nardon, H. Charles

      Pages 13-44

   4. Symbioses and their Consequences for Community and Applied Ecology

      • David Secord

      Pages 45-61

3. Origin & Evolution

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. What’s in a Tree?

      • Lorraine Olendzenski, Olga Zhaxybayeva, J. Peter Gogarten

      Pages 65-79

   3. The Commonality of Cyanobacterial Endosymbioses Does Not Support the Endosymbiotic Theory for Origin of Eukaryotic Organelles

      • Thomas E. Jensen

      Pages 81-97

   4. Non Symbiotic Origin of Locomotory Organelles

      • M. Rizzotti

      Pages 99-110

   5. The Cyanelle (Muroplast) of Cyanophora Paradoxa: A Paradigm for Endosymbiotic Organelle Evolution

      • W. Löffelhardt, H. J. Bohnert

      Pages 111-130

   6. The Syntrophy Hypothesis for the Origin of Eukaryotes

      • P. LóPez-García, D. Moreira

      Pages 131-146

   7. Thermodynamic Ecology of Hydrogen-Based Syntrophy

      • David L. Valentine

      Pages 147-161

   8. Nutritional Syntrophies and Consortia as Models for the Origin of Mitochondria

      • Dennis G. Searcy

      Pages 163-183

   9. Reversion of Endosymbiosis?

      • Juraj Krajčovič, Libor Ebringer, Steven D. Schwartzbach

      Pages 185-206

   10. Symbiosomes

       • Rosalind Hinde, Donelle A. Trautman

       Pages 207-220

   11. The Absence of Nitrogen-Fixing Organelles Due to Timing of the Nitrogen Crisis

       • Christopher P. McKay, Rafael Navarro-González

       Pages 221-228

   12. Nucleus Symbiosis Hypothesis Formation of Eukaryotic Cell Nuclei by the Symbiosis of Archaea in Bacteria

       • Takao Shinozawa, Tokumasa Horiike, Kazuo Hamada

       Pages 229-235

4. Bacteria, Cyanobacteria & Algae

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237

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   2. Phototrophic Consortia: A Tight Cooperation Between Non-Related Eubacteria

      • Jörg Overmann

      Pages 239-255

   3. Structure and Phylogeny of Cyanophora Species

      • Paul Kugrens

      Pages 257-272

Symbiosis is the fourth volume in the series Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats (COLE). Fifty experts, from over a dozen countries, review their current studies on different approaches to these phenomena. The chapters present various aspects of symbiosis from gene transfer, morphological features, and biodiversity to individual organisms sharing mutual cellular habitats. The origin of the eukaryotic phase is discussed with emphasis on cyanelles, H syntrophy, N₂ fixation, and S-based symbiosis (as well as the origin of mitochondrion, chloroplast, and nucleus). All members of the three domains of life are presented for sharing symbiotic associations. This volume brings the concept of living together as `One plus One (plus One) equals One.'
The purpose of this book is to introduce the teacher, researcher, scholar, and student as well as the open-minded and science-oriented reader to the global importance of this association.

• Biodiversity
• Ecology
• Sediment
• algae
• deep-sea
• environment
• eukaryotes
• genes
• nitrogen
• roots

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

  Joseph Seckbach

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