Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Barton, Larry L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mandl, Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Loy, Alexander (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Geobiology.; Aquatic ecology.; Microbial ecology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.; Biogeosciences.; Applied Microbiology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.

This book is an interdisciplinary review of recent developments in topics including origin of life, microbial-mineral interactions, and microbial processes functioning in marine and terrestrial environments. A major component of this book addresses molecular techniques to evaluate microbial evolutio...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chemoautotrophic Origin of Life: The Iron–Sulfur World Hypothesis
• Evolution of Metabolic Pathways and Evolution of Genomes
• Novel Cultivation Strategies for Environmentally Important Microorganisms
• Environmental Proteomics: Studying Structure and Function of Microbial Communities
• Analysis of Microbial Communities by Functional Gene Arrays
• Probing Identity and Physiology of Uncultured Microorganisms with Isotope Labeling Techniques
• The Geomicrobiology of Arsenic
• Bioinformatics and Genomics of Iron- and Sulfur-Oxidizing Acidophiles
• The Geomicrobiology of Catastrophe: A Comparison of Microbial Colonization in Post-volcanic and Impact Environments
• Microbial Diversity of Cave Ecosystems
• Statistical Evaluation of Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene Sequences in Relation to Travertine Mineral Precipitation and Water Chemistry at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, USA
• Compositional, Physiological and Metabolic Variability in Microbial Communities Associated with Geochemically Diverse, Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fluids
• The Molecular Geomicrobiology of Bacterial Manganese(II) Oxidation
• Role of Microorganisms in Banded Iron Formations
• Synergistic Roles of Microorganisms in Mineral Precipitates Associated with Deep Sea Methane Seeps
• Bacterial Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• Role of Clay and Organic Matter in the Biodegradation of Organics in Soil
• Electrodes as Electron Acceptors, and the Bacteria Who Love Them
• The Biogeochemistry of Biomining.