Defensive symbioses of animals with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms.
Nat Prod Rep
; 32(7): 904-36, 2015 Jul.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25891201
Many organisms team up with microbes for defense against predators, parasites, parasitoids, or pathogens. Here we review the described protective symbioses between animals (including marine invertebrates, nematodes, insects, and vertebrates) and bacteria, fungi, and dinoflagellates. We focus on associations where the microbial natural products mediating the protective activity have been elucidated or at least strong evidence for the role of symbiotic microbes in defense is available. In addition to providing an overview of the known defensive animal-microbe symbioses, we aim to derive general patterns on the chemistry, ecology, and evolution of such associations.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Simbiose
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Prod Rep
Assunto da revista:
QUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha