Micro-organisms and Earth Systems
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Micro-organisms and Earth Systems

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eBook - PDF

Micro-organisms and Earth Systems

About this book

There is growing awareness that important environmental transformations are catalysed, mediated and influenced by microorganisms, and geomicrobiology can be defined as the influence of microorganisms on geologic processes. This is probably the most rapidly growing area of microbiology at present, combining environmental and molecular microbiology together with significant areas of mineralogy, geochemistry and hydrology. This volume focuses on the function of microorganisms in the environment and their influence on 'global' processes. It will include state-of-the art approaches to visualisation, culture and identification, community interactions and gene transfer, and diversity studies in relation to key processes. This overview for researchers and graduate students will represent environmental microbiology in its broadest sense and help to promote exciting collaborations between microbiologists and those in complementary physical and chemical disciplines.

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Yes, you can access Micro-organisms and Earth Systems by Hilary Lappin-Scott, Geoff Gadd,Kirk Semple in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Microbiology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. HALF-TITLE
  3. TITLE
  4. COPYRIGHT
  5. CONTENTS
  6. CONTRIBUTORS
  7. EDITORS’ PREFACE
  8. Isotopic-labelling methods for deciphering the function of uncultured micro-organisms
  9. Biofilms and metal geochemistry: the relevance of micro-organism-induced geochemical transformations
  10. Minerals, mats, pearls and veils: themes and variations in giant sulfur bacteria
  11. Soil micro-organisms in Antarctic dry valleys: resource supply and utilization
  12. New insights into bacterial cell-wall structure and physico-chemistry: implications for interactions with metal ions and minerals
  13. Horizontal gene transfer of metal homeostasis genes and its role in microbial communities of the deep terrestrial subsurface
  14. Biosilicification: the role of cyanobacteria in silica sinter deposition
  15. Metabolic diversity in the microbial world: relevance to exobiology
  16. Biogeochemical cycling in polar, temperate and tropical coastal zones: similarities and differences
  17. Fungal roles and function in rock, mineral and soil transformations
  18. The deep intraterrestrial biosphere
  19. Iron, nitrogen, phosphorus and zinc cycling and consequences for primary productivity in the oceans
  20. Mechanisms and environmental impact of microbial metal reduction
  21. New insights into the physiology and regulation of the anaerobic oxidation of methane
  22. Biogeochemical roles of fungi in marine and estuarine habitats
  23. Role of micro-organisms in karstification
  24. INDEX