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Microbial Ecology

Barton, Larry L. / Northrup, Diana E.

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1. Edition November 2011
440 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-470-04817-7
John Wiley & Sons

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In 16 concise and timely chapters, this book presents a broad overview of microbial ecology while providing numerous special features to assist students, teachers, and the professional reader: information boxes in each chapter to highlight specific microbial ecology issues of particular interest; a glossary and key words; a selected reading list for each chapter; and a special section in each chapter on "microbial spotlights" that focus on the latest work and findings of scientists from around the world as well as a set of exercises to promote critical thinking.

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"Microbial Ecology presents a broad overview of microbial ecology while providing numerous special features to assist students, teachers, and the professional reader. Information boxes in each of the sixteen chapters highlight specific microbial ecology issues of particular interest. Included in the text, also, is a glossary and key words. The book covers a selected reading list for each chapter; a special section in each chapter on "microbial spotlights" that focus on the latest work and findings of scientists from around the world; and exercises that promote critical thinking. PowerPoint slides of figures from the book are available for download at: ftp://ftp.wiley.com/public/sci_tech_med/microbial_ecology"

Preface
Glossary

Chapter 1 Microbial Ecology: Beginnings and the Road Forward
Chapter 2 Diversity of Microorganisms
Chapter 3 Complexity and Simplicity of Cell Systems
Chapter 4 The Microbial Habitat: An Ecological Perspective
Chapter 5 The How of Microbial Ecology Studies
Chapter 6 Microbe-Microbe Interactions
Chapter 7. Interactions between Microorganisms and Plants
Chatper 8 Interactions between Microorganisms and Animals
Chapter 9 Living Together: Microbial Communities
Chapter 10 Microbial Processes Contributing to Biogeochemical Cycles
Chapter 11 Microbes at Work in Nature: Biomineralization and Microbial Weathering
Chapter 12 Decomposition of Natural CompoundsChapter


Chapter 13 Microbes at Work: Bioremediation
Larry L. Barton studies the physiological activities of environmentally important microorganisms, focusing on energetics of bacterial inorganic metabolism and bacterial bioremediation. Larry has been the instructor of the course in General Microbiology for over 30 years. The author of five previous books, he was the founding editor and the initial editor-in chief of the international journal Anerobe, begun in 1995 and now published by Academic Press. Most recently, he published a college textbook on bacterial physiology.

Diana E. Northup investigates the microorganisms that inhabit caves throughout the world. Her research was featured on the Nova episode, "Mysterious Life of Caves." Within the Department of Biology at UNM, she gives lectures, directs undergraduate students in research, supervises a postdoctoral fellow, and, currently, she is mentoring a doctoral student in microbial ecology of a cave in southern New Mexico.