Symbioses and Stress centers on the question of how organisms in tight symbiotic associations cope with various types of abiotic and biotic stress. In its original sense, symbioses cover all kinds of interactions among unrelated organisms, whereas in a narrower concept, the term is often referred to as mutualism. Evolutionary biology recognizes symbiosis as an integrative process, and most fundamental evolutionary innovations arose from cooperative symbioses. Mutualisms contribute to stress tolerance, ecosystem stability, and evolutionary radiation of cooperating organisms. Modern eukaryotic cells are the result of the endosymbiotic union of prokaryotic ancestors as well as diverse exosymbiotic associations. This cooperative aggregation appears more successful than its independent parts. This new book presents functional and evolutionary aspects of mutually beneficial symbioses among unrelated organisms.
Symbioses and Stress
Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology Volume 17
Series Editor: Joseph Seckbach The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Symbioses and Stress Joint Ventures in Biology
Edited by
Joseph Seckbach Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and
Martin Grube
Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Austria
Editors Joseph Seckbach Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
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Martin Grube Karl-Franzens-University of Graz Austria
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ISBN 978-90-481-9448-3 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9449-0 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9449-0 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936278 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover Illustration: Trapezia crab between the branches of Stylophora pistillata (Photo by I. Brickner). See Chapter by Barneah & Brickner in this volume. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword/John. J. Lee.......................................................................
ix
Preface/Joseph Seckbach and Martin Grube......................................
xxi
List of Authors and Their Addresses................................................
xxvii
PART 1:
GENERAL INTRODUCTION On the Origin of Symbiosis [Jan Sapp]............................................. Symbioses and Stress [Martin Grube et€al.].......................................
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PART 2:
SYMBIOTIC ORIGIN OF EUKARYOTES Problems and Progress in Understanding the Origins of Mitochondria and Plastids [Bruce A. Curtis and John M. Archibald]..................................... The Origin of Eukarya as a Stress Response of Two-Membrane-Bounded Sexual Pre-karyote to an Aggressive alpha-Proteobacterial Periplasmic Infection [Matej Vesteg and Juraj Krajčovič]............................................... Low CO2 Stress: Glaucocystophytes May Have Found a Unique Solution [Wolfgang Löffelhardt]..................................