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Micro-organisms and Earth Systems
Hilary Lappin-Scott
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Description for Micro-organisms and Earth Systems
hardcover. Overview of geomicrobiology; the role microorganisms have played and are playing in geologic processes. Editor(s): Gadd, Geoff; Semple, Kirk. Series: Society for General Microbiology Symposia. Num Pages: 388 pages, 79 b/w illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: PSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 75.
There is growing awareness that important environmental transformations are catalysed, mediated and influenced by microorganisms, and geomicrobiology can be defined as the influence of microorganisms on geologic processes. This is probably the most rapidly growing area of microbiology at present, combining environmental and molecular microbiology together with significant areas of mineralogy, geochemistry and hydrology. This volume focuses on the function of microorganisms in the environment and their influence on 'global' processes. It will include state-of-the art approaches to visualisation, culture and identification, community interactions and gene transfer, and diversity studies in relation to key processes. This overview for researchers and ... Read more
There is growing awareness that important environmental transformations are catalysed, mediated and influenced by microorganisms, and geomicrobiology can be defined as the influence of microorganisms on geologic processes. This is probably the most rapidly growing area of microbiology at present, combining environmental and molecular microbiology together with significant areas of mineralogy, geochemistry and hydrology. This volume focuses on the function of microorganisms in the environment and their influence on 'global' processes. It will include state-of-the art approaches to visualisation, culture and identification, community interactions and gene transfer, and diversity studies in relation to key processes. This overview for researchers and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
Series
Society for General Microbiology Symposia
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521862226
SKU
V9780521862226
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About Hilary Lappin-Scott
Geoffrey Michael Gadd is Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Division of Environmental and Applied Biology in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, UK. Kirk T. Semple is a Reader in the Department of Environmental Science at Lancaster University, UK. Hilary M. Lappin-Scott is Professor of Environmental Microbiology in the School of Biosciences, University ... Read more
Reviews for Micro-organisms and Earth Systems
'This book constitutes a milestone in the emerging field of biogeosciences and will interest not only microbial ecologists and geomicrobiologists, but also all scientists working with a multidisciplinary perspective and approach to understand the Earth's biogeosystem.' Microbiology Today