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  • Chapter 14 Host-Microbe Interactions
    • 14-1 Introduction
    • 14-2 Microbes that interact with eukaryotes face some common challenges and utilize similar strategies
    • 14-3 Types of host-microbe interactions
    • 14-4 Microbes face many challenges when associating with a host
    • 14-5 Once a microbe detects a host, it then attaches to it
    • 14-6 Microbes may invade deeper into host tissues once attached
    • 14-7 Mutualistic outcomes
    • 14-8 Pathogenic outcomes
    • 14-9 Direct damage to host
    • 14-10 The nature and role of Exotoxins
    • 14-11 The nature and action of endotoxins
    • 14-12 Indirect damage to host
    • 14-13 Three examples of host-microbe interactions
    • 14-14 Vibrio fischeri and squid form a mutualistic relationship under the sea
    • 14-15 Quorum sensing and autoinduction
    • 14-16 The process of autoinduction
    • 14-17 Biochemistry of bioluminescence
    • 14-18 Euprymna scolopes selects for V. fischeri
    • 14-19 Microbes that live in close association with plants
    • 14-20 How plants recognize the proper rhizobia
    • 14-21 Not all associations between plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria is as involved as the rhizobial system
    • 14-22 The normal flora of humans
    • 14-23 The skin and eyes as habitats
    • 14-24 The microbial population in the mouth
    • 14-25 The respiratory tract has mostly harmless bacteria, but can contain pathogens.
    • 14-26 The gastrointestinal tract has the largest number and greatest diversity of microbes in our body.
    • 14-27 The urogenital tract
    • 14-28 Benefits of the normal flora
    • 14-29 Summary