Ebook: Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology

Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology focuses on the role of bacterial, fungal and plant secondary metabolites in soil ecosystems. Our understanding of the biological function of secondary metabolites is surprisingly limited, considering our knowledge of their structural diversity and pharmaceutically relevant activities. This volume reviews functional aspects of secondary metabolite production, with a focus on interactions among soil organisms.

Topics such as truffle metabolites and burnt phenomenon, ecology of mycotoxins in soil, root exudates, and chemical interactions between Streptomyces and mycorrhiza fungi are treated. Further aspects are the role of microbial metabolites as quorum sensing signals, their role in protecting plants against pathogens and the effect of volatiles on soil invertebrates. Chapters describing techniques for the detection of antibiotics in soil and the application of metabolomics to rhizosphere research, which has advanced rapidly in recent years, complement the book.

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This compelling study focuses on the role of bacterial, fungal and plant secondary metabolites in soil ecosystems.

Our understanding of the biological function of secondary metabolites is surprisingly limited, considering our knowledge of their structural diversity and pharmaceutical activity.

This book reviews functional aspects of secondary metabolite production, with a focus on interactions among soil organisms.

Topics such as truffle metabolites and burnt phenomenon, the ecology of mycotoxins in soil, root exudates, and chemical interactions between Streptomyces and mycorrhiza fungi are treated.

Further relevant material covered includes the role of microbial metabolites as quorum sensing signals, their role in protecting plants against pathogens and the effect of volatiles on soil invertebrates.

Chapters describing techniques for the detection of antibiotics in soil and the application of metabolomics to rhizosphere research, which have advanced rapidly in recent years, complete the comprehensive picture.

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This compelling study focuses on the role of bacterial, fungal and plant secondary metabolites in soil ecosystems.

Our understanding of the biological function of secondary metabolites is surprisingly limited, considering our knowledge of their structural diversity and pharmaceutical activity.

This book reviews functional aspects of secondary metabolite production, with a focus on interactions among soil organisms.

Topics such as truffle metabolites and burnt phenomenon, the ecology of mycotoxins in soil, root exudates, and chemical interactions between Streptomyces and mycorrhiza fungi are treated.

Further relevant material covered includes the role of microbial metabolites as quorum sensing signals, their role in protecting plants against pathogens and the effect of volatiles on soil invertebrates.

Chapters describing techniques for the detection of antibiotics in soil and the application of metabolomics to rhizosphere research, which have advanced rapidly in recent years, complete the comprehensive picture.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Secondary Metabolites in Soil Ecology....Pages 1-19
Detection of Antibiotics Produced by Soil and Rhizosphere Microbes In Situ....Pages 23-36
Rhizosphere Metabolomics: Methods and Applications....Pages 37-68
N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Rhizobacteria....Pages 69-90
The Effect of Bacterial Secondary Metabolites on Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Rice....Pages 93-106
Secondary Metabolites of Soil Streptomycetes in Biotic Interactions....Pages 107-126
The Effect of Fungal Secondary Metabolites on Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens....Pages 129-140
Biological Significance of Truffle Secondary Metabolites....Pages 141-165
Mycotoxins in the Soil Environment....Pages 167-203
Constitutive Secondary Plant Metabolites and Soil Fungi: Defense Against or Facilitation of Diversity....Pages 207-239
Root Exudates Modulate Plant—Microbe Interactions in the Rhizosphere....Pages 241-252
The Impacts of Selected Natural Plant Chemicals on Terrestrial Invertebrates....Pages 255-268
The Role of Soil Microbial Volatile Products in Community Functional Interactions....Pages 269-288
Back Matter....Pages 289-293