Overview
- Reviews the different aspects of the biology of iron in plant pathogenic and symbiotic interactions
- Opens perspectives to further understanding the effects of iron in plant-microbe interactions
- Aimed at microbiologists, pathologists and scientists interested in iron uptake and metabolism in microbial pathogenesis, rhizobia legume associations, and plant physiology and immunity.
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (BRIEFSMOLECULAR)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Biometals (SB BIOMETALS)
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About this book
Following the great interest that the mechanisms regulating the acquisition of iron and the control of iron homeostasis have generated among researchers studying plant-pathogen and legume-rhizobia interactions, this book offers a comprehensive analysis of irons’ various roles in the plant-microbial associations. The introductory chapter stresses the essentiality of iron in biological systems. The second chapter surveys the abundance of information on iron’s pivotal role in microbial plant pathogenesis and defence. Finally, the third chapter reviews the advances in our understanding of iron metabolism in the rhizobia, soil bacteria able to establish a symbiotic association with legumes and carry out nitrogen fixation.
Molecular Aspects of Iron Metabolism in Pathogenic and Symbiotic Plant-Microbe Associations is a valuable resource to microbiologists, pathologists and scientists interested in iron uptake and metabolism in microbial pathogenesis, rhizobia legume associations, and plant physiology and immunity.
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dominique Expert: PhD, Director of Research at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Paris, France
Mark R. O'Brian: PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, US
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Molecular Aspects of Iron Metabolism in Pathogenic and Symbiotic Plant-Microbe Associations
Editors: Dominique Expert, Mark R. O'Brian
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5267-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5266-5Published: 23 August 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5267-2Published: 23 August 2012
Series ISSN: 2191-5407
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5415
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 86
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applied Microbiology, Plant Biochemistry, Parasitology