Insects and their beneficial microbes

"In Insects and their Beneficial Microbes, Angela Douglas, a leading scholar in microbiology and microbiome science, brings together the first synthesis of research in beneficial insect-microbe interactions, looking at a variety of insects and their beneficial microbes and the possible ramifica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Douglas, A. E. (Angela Elizabeth), 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press, [2022]
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/3111973.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • 1.
  • Introduction: the diversity of insects and their microbial symbionts
  • 2.
  • The diversity of insect-microbial associations
  • 3.
  • How insects acquire and control their microbial symbionts.
  • 4.
  • Microbial services
  • 5.
  • Harnessing microbial symbionts to manage insect pests and vectors of disease
  • 6.
  • The insect microbiome as a biomedical model
  • 7.
  • Priorities for the study of insect-microbial associations.