Processes in microbial ecology

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Microbial ecology is the study of interactions among microbes in natural environments and their roles in biogeochemical cycles, food web dynamics and the evolution of life. This book presents the basic principles of microbial ecology using examples from aquatic (freshwater and marine) and terrestrial ecosystems

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Full title :Processes in microbial ecology / David L. Kirchman (School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, USA).

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018.

Notes

Previous edition: 2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 318 pages : : illustrations, black and white photographs ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198789406, 0198789408, 9780198789413, 0198789416
oclc:on1053864935
LC Classification:QR100
Dewey Decimal:579.17

1. Introduction -- 2. Elements, biochemicals, and structures of microbes -- 3. The physical-chemical environment of microbes -- 4. Community structure of microbes in natural environments -- 5. Genomes and meta-omics for microbes -- 6. Microbial primary production and phototrophy -- 7. Degradation of organic matter -- 8. Microbial growth, biomass production, and controls -- 9. Predation and protists -- 10. The ecology of viruses -- 11. Processes in anoxic environments -- 12. The nitrogen cycle -- 13. Introduction to geomicrobiology -- 14. Symbioses and microbes.