Part III Understanding the Core Values of Microbial Metabolism
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Miraculous Fixation of Molecular Nitrogen from the
Atmosphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vladimír Klaban
9
Mutagens, Radicals, Rocket Fuel, and Laughing Gas: Stringing
Metabolic Modules to Survive on Nitrogenous Poisons . . . . . . . . . . 151
Martin G. Klotz and Lisa Y. Stein
10 The Grand Microbial Variety Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Aharon Oren
Part IV Microbes Established and Sustain Life
11 Microbes’ Many Roles in Climate Change: Contribution,
Consequence, Mitigation, and Model System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Sanghoon Kang
12 The Revolutionary Potential of the Hidden Half of Nature in
Agriculture and Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
David R. Montgomery
13 Microscale Carbon Cycling Between Bacteria and Algae Under
the Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Xavier Mayali
Part V The Basic Aspects of Microbial Symbioses
14 Discovering the Symbiotic Nature of Microbial Life: Summarizing
Milestone Publications from 1866 Through 1947 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Christon J. Hurst
15 Microscopic World and the Phenomenon of Symbiosis in the
Natural Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Vladimír Klaban
16 Symbiosis in a Rapidly Changing World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
K. M. Oliver and C. H. V. Higashi
17 Diversity–Function Relationships and the Underlying Ecological
Mechanisms in Host-Associated Microbial Communities . . . . . . . . . 297
Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler
18 Darwinian Medicine: We Evolved to Require Continuing Contact
with the Microbiota of the Natural Environment. Evolution Turns
the Inevitable into a Necessity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
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Contents
8
Miraculous Fixation of Molecular Nitrogen from the
Atmosphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vladimír Klaban
9
Mutagens, Radicals, Rocket Fuel, and Laughing Gas: Stringing
Metabolic Modules to Survive on Nitrogenous Poisons . . . . . . . . . . 151
Martin G. Klotz and Lisa Y. Stein
10 The Grand Microbial Variety Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Aharon Oren
Part IV Microbes Established and Sustain Life
11 Microbes’ Many Roles in Climate Change: Contribution,
Consequence, Mitigation, and Model System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Sanghoon Kang
12 The Revolutionary Potential of the Hidden Half of Nature in
Agriculture and Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
David R. Montgomery
13 Microscale Carbon Cycling Between Bacteria and Algae Under
the Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Xavier Mayali
Part V The Basic Aspects of Microbial Symbioses
14 Discovering the Symbiotic Nature of Microbial Life: Summarizing
Milestone Publications from 1866 Through 1947 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Christon J. Hurst
15 Microscopic World and the Phenomenon of Symbiosis in the
Natural Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Vladimír Klaban
16 Symbiosis in a Rapidly Changing World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
K. M. Oliver and C. H. V. Higashi
17 Diversity–Function Relationships and the Underlying Ecological
Mechanisms in Host-Associated Microbial Communities . . . . . . . . . 297
Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler
18 Darwinian Medicine: We Evolved to Require Continuing Contact
with the Microbiota of the Natural Environment. Evolution Turns
the Inevitable into a Necessity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Graham A. W. Rook
xviii
Contents