Microbiology of Extreme Soils

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Dion, Patrice (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nautiyal, Chandra Shekhar (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Σειρά: Soil Biology, 13
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Sedimentology.; Agriculture.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Life Sciences, general.; Microbial Ecology.; Soil Science & Conservation.

My auxiliaries are the dews and rains which water this dry soil, and what fertility is in the soil itself, which for the most part is lean and effete. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden Pond The concerns that Thoreau had about his beans were nothing to those that would face a similarly conscientious gard...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Principles of Extreme Soil Microbiology
• The Microbiological Promises of Extreme Soils
• Microbial Diversity, Life Strategies, and Adaptation to Life in Extreme Soils
• Extreme Views on Prokaryote Evolution
• Biodiversity: Extracting Lessons from Extreme Soils
• Natural Extreme Soils
• Halophilic and Halotolerant Micro-Organisms from Soils
• Atacama Desert Soil Microbiology
• Microbial Communities and Processes in Arctic Permafrost Environments
• Aerobic, Endospore-Forming Bacteria from Antarctic Geothermal Soils
• Peatland Microbiology
• Subsurface Geomicrobiology of the Iberian Pyritic Belt
• The Potential for Extant Life in the Soils of Mars
• Anthropogenic Extreme Soils
• Bacteriology of Extremely Cold Soils Exposed to Hydrocarbon Pollution
• Microbiology of Oil-Contaminated Desert Soils and Coastal Areas in the Arabian Gulf Region
• Microbial Communities in Fire-Affected Soils
• Endophytes and Rhizosphere Bacteria of Plants Growing in Heavy Metal-Containing Soils
• Interactions of Fungi and Radionuclides in Soil.