Symbiotic Microbiomes of Coral Reefs Sponges and Corals

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-94-024-1610-7
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 570 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1133 g

This book focuses on the symbiotic microbiomes of invertebrates in coral reefs, especially sponges and corals. It provides in-depth and up-to-date reviews on the microbial structure and diversity, metabolism and function, symbiosis and coevolution, environment and adaption, and bioactive potentials. Meanwhile, the future perspectives will be discussed according to the existing problems and the development trend. This book will be of particular interest to the professionals in marine ecology, marine biotechnology, as well as medicinal chemists and molecular biologists.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, Zhiyong

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Korallenriffe
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltüberwachung, Umweltanalytik, Umweltinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Coral reefs ecosystem.- Sponge and coral microbiomes.- Microbial diversity of sponge/coral microbiome.- Endolithic microbes in coral skeletons: algae or bacteria?.- The Bacteria Endozoicomonas: community dynamics, diversity, genomes and potential impacts on corals.- Microbes in gorgonian and soft corals.- Marine sponge holobionts in health and disease.- After the taxonomic identification phase: addressing the functions of symbiotic communities within marine invertebrates.- Carbon and nitrogen metabolism of sponge microbiome.- Integrative omics approach for the community function evaluation of sponge and coral microbiomes.- Response of sponge microbiomes to environmental variations.- Biosynthesis of antibiotics from microbial symbionts of sponges and corals.- Marine natural products from marine sponge-derived microorganisms.- Marine natural products from marine coral-derived microorganisms.- Natural products from sponge.- Natural products from corals.- Mass production ofnatural products from microbes derived from sponges and corals.- Marine enzymes from microbial symbionts of sponges and corals.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Zhiyong Li is a professor at School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.