Insects and Their Beneficial Microbes / / Angela E. Douglas.

A comprehensive overview of symbiotic relationships between insects and microbesInsects and Their Beneficial Microbes is an authoritative and accessible synthesis of insect associations with beneficial microorganisms. Angela Douglas distills the vast literature in entomology and microbiology, as wel...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 70 b/w illus. 13 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 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
  • References
  • Index
  • A Note on the Type