Symbiotic Interactions

From Mutualistic Alliances to Parasitic Exploits

Habib Ali

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN:
  9780854669691
• eBook ISBN:
  9780854669684
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Index: Biological Sciences

Symbiosis is a fundamental force driving biodiversity, ecological balance, and evolutionary innovation. Symbiotic Interactions - From Mutualistic Alliances to Parasitic Exploits probes the complex relationships that explore life, from beneficial partnerships to parasitic reliance. This volume brings together leading experts to examine symbiotic interactions across diverse biological systems, offering insights into microbial symbioses, host-microbe relationships, and their impact on ecosystems, agriculture, and disease dynamics. Blending perspectives with the latest scientific advances, this book is an essential resource for researchers, academics, and students in microbiology, entomology, ecology, and evolutionary biology. Whether you are interested in sustainable agriculture, biological control, or the molecular mechanisms of symbiosis, this work provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of one of nature's most fascinating phenomena.

Table of contents

• Symbiotic Interactions - From Mutualistic Alliances to Parasitic Exploits
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter1 Introductory Chapter: Symbiotic Interactions – From Mutualistic Alliances to Parasitic Exploits
• Chapter2 Enhancing Nutritional and Sensory Quality of Plant-Based Foods through Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
• Chapter3 Perspective Chapter: Symbiotic Interactions among Plant Pests and Pathogens – Nematodes, Bacteria, Viroids, Viruses, Insects, and Other Organisms
• Chapter4 Perspective Chapter: The Double Edge Sword – Modulations of Inflammatory Responses – Parasite Survival Strategy or HostTolerance Mechanisms
• Chapter5 The Dual Nature of Host-Parasite Interactions: Exploring Protozoans and Helminths in Symbiosis and Pathogenesis