The Rasputin Effect: When Commensals and Symbionts Become Parasitic

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Understanding Interspecies Relationships

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. How Well Do Surrogate Hosts Serve as Model Systems for Understanding Pathogenicity

      • Christine Fink, Thomas Roeder

      Pages 3-25

   3. Host–Symbiont Relationships: Understanding the Change from Guest to Pest

      • Robin M. Overstreet, Jeffrey M. Lotz

      Pages 27-64

3. Opportunistic Pathogenicity in the Aquatic World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Opportunistic Infections in Elasmobranchs

      • Joanna Borucinska

      Pages 67-79

   3. Bacterial Opportunistic Pathogens of Fish

      • Nicolas Derome, Jeff Gauthier, Sébastien Boutin, Martin Llewellyn

      Pages 81-108

   4. Fungal Secondary Invaders of Fish

      • Nicolas Derome, Jeff Gauthier, Sébastien Boutin, Martin Llewellyn

      Pages 109-126

   5. Opportunistic Pathogens of Marine Mammals

      • Stephanie Venn-Watson

      Pages 127-143

4. Opportunistic Pathogenicity in the Terrestrial World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145

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   2. Opportunistic Pathogens of Terrestrial Plants

      • Amy O. Charkowski

      Pages 147-168

   3. Non-spore-Forming Bacterial Entomopathogens: Their Toxins, Hosts and the Environment: Why Be a Pathogen

      • Mark R. H. Hurst

      Pages 169-220

   4. Opportunistic Infections of Avians

      • Stephen M. Chege

      Pages 221-260

   5. Opportunistic Algae, Fungi and Ichthyosporea Associated with Mammalian Livestock Disease

      • Christon J. Hurst

      Pages 261-300

   6. Opportunisitic Pathogens of Humans

      • Kristin M. Burkholder, Mary X. D. O’Riordan

      Pages 301-357

This volume focuses on those instances when benign and even beneficial relationships between microbes and their hosts opportunistically change and become detrimental toward the host.  It examines the triggering events which can factor into these changes, such as reduction in the host’s capacity for mounting an effective defensive response due to nutritional deprivation, coinfections and seemingly subtle environmental influences like the amounts of sunlight, temperature, and either water or air quality.  The effects of environmental changes can be compounded when they necessitate a physical relocation of species, in turn changing the probability of encounter between microbe and host.  The change also can result when pathogens, including virus species, either have modified the opportunist or attacked the host’s protective natural microflora.  The authors discuss these opportunistic interactions and assess their outcomes in both aquatic as well as terrestrial ecosystems, highlighting the impact on plant, invertebrate and vertebrate hosts.

 

 

• Commensalism
• Host-symbiont relationships
• Opportunistic pathogens
• Parasitism
• Symbiosis
• Opportunistic pathogenicity
• Opportunistic infections
• Bacterial opportunistic pathogens
• Fungal secondary invaders
• Bacterial entomopathogens
• Opportunistic algae
• Opportunistic fungi
• Opportunistic ichthyosporea
• Opportunistic human pathogens

“Overall the three book series is an excellent resource that describes a new vision for microbial ecology based upon the guiding principles of evolution, habitat, and niche.  The series provides a rich set of examples that emphasize all three aspects of these guiding principles along with the interaction of microbial species within the context of these guiding principles.  The series is a must read that provides a new look at how the microbial world works.” (Helena M. Solo-Gabriele, Ph.D, P.E., Professor of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA)

• Cincinnati, USA

  Christon J. Hurst