Environmental Microbiology: Fundamentals and Applications: Microbial Ecology

Springer, 2015. — 933 p. — ISBN: 9401791171, 9789401791175, 9789401791182Jean-Claude Bertrand, Pierre Caumette, Philippe Lebaron, Robert Matheron, Philippe Normand, Télesphore Sime-Ngando (eds.)This book is a treatise on microbial ecology that covers traditional and cutting-edge issues in the ecology of microbes in the biosphere. It emphasizes on study tools, microbial taxonomy and the fundamentals of microbial activities and interactions within their communities and environment as well as on the related food web dynamics and biogeochemical cycling. The work exceeds the traditional domain of microbial ecology by revisiting the evolution of cellular prokaryotes and eukaryotes and stressing the general principles of ecology.Contents:
The Thematic Fields of Microbial Ecology
Some Historical Elements of Microbial Ecology
Structure and Functions of Microorganisms: Production and Use of Material and Energy
For Three Billion Years, Microorganisms Were the Only Inhabitants of the Earth
Systematic and Evolution of Microorganisms: General Concepts
Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Prokaryotes
Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Unicellular Eukaryotes
Biodiversity and Microbial Ecosystems Functioning
Adaptations of Prokaryotes to Their Biotopes and to Physicochemical Conditions in Natural or Anthropized Environments
The Extreme Conditions of Life on the Planet and Exobiology
Microorganisms and Biotic Interactions
Horizontal Gene Transfer in Microbial Ecosystems
Microbial Food Webs in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Biogeochemical Cycles
Environmental and Human Pathogenic Microorganisms
Applied Microbial Ecology and Bioremediation
Methods for Studying Microorganisms in the Environment
Contributions of Descriptive and Functional Genomics to Microbial Ecology
Modeling in Microbial Ecology