Symbiosis in the microbial world: from ecology to genome evolution.

Autor:	Raina JB; Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia jean-baptiste.raina@uts.edu.au tom.a.williams@bristol.ac.uk., Eme L; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-75123, Uppsala, Sweden., Pollock FJ; Eberly College of Science, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801, USA., Spang A; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, SE-75123, Uppsala, Sweden.; NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, and Utrecht University, P.O. Box 59, NL-1790 AB Den Burg, The Netherlands., Archibald JM; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada., Williams TA; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Ave, Bristol, BS8 1TH, UK jean-baptiste.raina@uts.edu.au tom.a.williams@bristol.ac.uk.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Biology open [Biol Open] 2018 Feb 22; Vol. 7 (2). Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 22.
DOI:	10.1242/bio.032524
Abstrakt:	The concept of symbiosis - defined in 1879 by de Bary as 'the living together of unlike organisms' - has a rich and convoluted history in biology. In part, because it questioned the concept of the individual, symbiosis fell largely outside mainstream science and has traditionally received less attention than other research disciplines. This is gradually changing. In nature organisms do not live in isolation but rather interact with, and are impacted by, diverse beings throughout their life histories. Symbiosis is now recognized as a central driver of evolution across the entire tree of life, including, for example, bacterial endosymbionts that provide insects with vital nutrients and the mitochondria that power our own cells. Symbioses between microbes and their multicellular hosts also underpin the ecological success of some of the most productive ecosystems on the planet, including hydrothermal vents and coral reefs. In November 2017, scientists working in fields spanning the life sciences came together at a Company of Biologists' workshop to discuss the origin, maintenance, and long-term implications of symbiosis from the complementary perspectives of cell biology, ecology, evolution and genomics, taking into account both model and non-model organisms. Here, we provide a brief synthesis of the fruitful discussions that transpired. Competing Interests: Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing or financial interests. (© 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.)
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