Environmental Microbiology of Aquatic and Waste Systems

• Main Author: Okafor, Nduka (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Environment.; Microbiology.; Microbial ecology.; Waste management.; Water pollution.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Applied Microbiology.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Microbial Ecology.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.

This book seeks to place the main actors in matters of environmental microbiology, namely the microorganisms, on center stage. Using the modern approach of 16S ribosomal RNA, the book looks, in great detail, at the taxonomy of marine and freshwater bacteria, fungi, protozoa, algae, viruses, and the...