Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Parmar, Nagina (Editor), Singh, Ajay (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Soil Biology, 39
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Microbiology.; Geobiology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Applied Microbiology.

Over the past 4 billion years, microorganisms have contributed to shaping the earth and making it more habitable for higher forms of life. They are remarkable in their metabolic diversity and their ability to harvest energy from oxidation and reduction reactions. Research on these microbiological pr...