Microbial and botanical host systems / edited by Christon J. Hurst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurst, Christon J.

Series:

Studies in viral ecology ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Viruses--Ecology.

Viruses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explains the ecology of viruses by examining their interactive dynamics with their hosting species (in this volume, in microbes and plants), including the types of transmission cycles that viruses have evolved encompassing principal and alternate hosts, vehicles, and vectoring species. Examining virology from an organismal biology approach and focusing on the concept that viral infections represent areas of overlap in the ecologies of the involved species, Viral Ecology is essential for students and professionals who either may be non-virologists or virologists whose previous

Contents:

section 1. An introduction to the structure and behavior of viruses

section 2. Viruses of other microorganisms

section 3. Viruses of macroscopic plants.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613175700

9781283175708

1283175703

9781118025659

1118025652

9781118025666

1118025660

9781118025642

1118025644

OCLC:

781264090