Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
About the Editors xiii
List of Contributors xvii
Opening and General Aspects 1
1 Symbiosis Involving Photosynthetic Organisms John A. Raven 3
2 Origin and Spread of Plastids by Endosymbiosis Ugo Cenci Daniel Moog John M. Archibald 43
Section 1 Aerion-Terrestrial Symbioses 83
3 Symbioses of lichen-Forming Fungi with Trentepohlialean Algae Martin Grube Lucia Muggia Elisabeth Baloch Christina Hametner Elfriede Stocker-Wörgötter 85
4 The Lichen Photobiont Trebouxia: Towards and Appreciation of Species Diversity and Molecular Studies Lucia Muggia Fabio Candotto-Carniel Martin Grube 111
5 Symbiotic Cyanobacteria in Lichens Jouko Rikkinen 147
6 Symbioses of the Green Algal Genera Coccomyxa and Elliptochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) Lydia Gustavs Ulf Schiefelbein Tatyana Darienko Thomas Pröschold 169
7 Investigating Mechanisms of Algal Entry into Salamander Cells Ryan Kerney John Burns Eunsoo Kim 209
8 Trade-Offs of Symbiotic Relationships between Aquatic Hosts and Algae in a Changing World Daniel P. Small Cory D. Bishop 241
Section 2 Freshwater Symbioses 277
9 Cyanobacterial Endosymbionts of Paulinella chromatophora Shed New Light on the Birth of Cellular Organelles Andrzej Bodyl Jakub Ciesla Pawel Mackieiwicz Przemyslaw Gagat 279
10 The Azolla-Anabaena-Bacteria Association: A Case of Symbiotic Abduction? Francisco Carrapiço 329
11 Symbiosis between Green Algae and Hydra Yoshitaka Kobayakawa 347
12 Diatoms: By, with and as Endosymbionts Patrick J. Kociolek Sarah E. Hamsher 371
13 Symbiosis between Testate Amoebae and Photosynthetic Organisms Enrique Lara Fatma Gomaa 399
Section 3 Marine Symbioses 421
14 The Zooxanthellae-Hard-Coral Symbiosis Noga Stambler 423
15 Embracing Complexity in Coral-Algal Symbioses Danielle C. Claar Nicholas S. Fabina Hollie M. Putnam Ross Cunning Emilia Sogin Julia K. Baum Ruth D. Gates 467
16 Microbial Diversity and Symbiotic Interactions with Macroalgae Suhelen Egan Vipra Kumar Jadranka Nappi Melissa Gardiner 493
17 Ascophyllum and its Symbionts - A Complex Symbiotic Community on North Atlantic Shores David J. Garbary Norah E. Brown Hillary J. MacDonell Jantina Toxopeus 547
Section 4 Stress Tolerance and Secondary Metabolism 573
18 The Resistance of Lichen Photobionts to Extreme Abiotic Stressors on Earth, in Space and in Simulations Andreas Sadowsky Joachim MeeBen 575
19 Secondary Metabolites Produced by Cyanobacteria in Symbiotic Associations Pavel Hrouzek 611
Final Remarks 627
20 Overview to Algal Symbioses Joseph Seckbach 629
Index 637
