Geomicrobiology

by Jain, Sudhir K. Khan, Abdul Arif Rai, Mahendra

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Geomicrobiology is a combination of geology and microbiology, and includes the study of interaction of microorganisms with their environment, such as in sedimentary rocks. This is a new and rapidly-developing field that has led in the past decade to a radically-revised view of the diversity and activity of microbial life on Earth. Geomicrobiology examines the role that microbes have played in the past and are currently playing in a number of fundamental geological processes. The present book is…

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Full title :Geomicrobiology / editors, Sudhir K. Jain, Abdul Arif Khan, Mahendra K. Rai.

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Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed by CRC Press, Science Publishers
Place of Publication:Enfield, NH
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 316 pages) : : illustrations (some color)

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ISBN:9781439845103, 1439845107
oclc:ocn705876838
LC Classification:QR103
Dewey Decimal:579/.175

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