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A comprehensive and comparative approach to the current research in microbial symbioses, a very transversal concept in the life sciences

Table of Contents

1. The Concept of Symbiosis, from Past to Present 2. Symbiosis and Nutrition 3. Symbiosis and Other Functions 4. Outline of How Symbioses Work 5. Symbiosis and Evolution 6. Symbiosis and the Biosphere 7. Good Uses for Symbiosis

About the Author

Sébastien Duperron is Lecturer in Biology at the University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris. He belongs to the laboratory of aquatic organisms and ecosystems, where his research focuses on the symbioses between invertebrates and chemosynthetic bacteria in the deep ocean.