Mechanisms Underlying Microbial Symbiosis, Volume 58

1. Editorial overview: Mechanisms underlying microbial symbiosis
Kerry Oliver and Jacob A. Russell
2. Symbiotic solutions to nitrogen limitation: diversity, genomics, and integration of nitrogen-provisioning symbioses
Allison Hansen
3. Symbiont mediated degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides in herbivorous insects
John Wertz
4. Regulation of an insect endosymbiosis
Alexandra C. C. Wilson
5. Host-symbiont specificity in insects: underpinning mechanisms and evolution
Yoshitomo Kikuchi
6. Common themes in intracellular reproductive manipulators of arthropods
Martha Hunter
7. Insect symbionts at the interface of plant-insect interactions
Enric Frago
8. Functions and mechanisms of symbionts of insect disease vectors
Kevin Vogel
9. Offensive symbioses: co-option of viruses by parasitoids
Elisabeth Huguet
10. Symbiont produced allelochemicals used in host defense
Steven Perlman

Mechanisms Underlying Microbial Symbiosis, Volume 58 in the Advances in Insect Physiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Mechanisms underlying microbial symbiosis, Symbiotic solutions to nitrogen limitation: diversity, genomics, and integration of nitrogen-provisioning symbioses, Symbiont mediated degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides in herbivorous insects, Regulation of an insect endosymbiosis, Host-symbiont specificity in insects: underpinning mechanisms and evolution Common themes in intracellular reproductive manipulators of arthropods, Insect symbionts at the interface of plant-insect interactions, and much more.

• Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
• Presents the latest release in the Advances in Insect Physiology series
• Updated release includes the latest information on mechanisms of microbial synthesis

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