Geomicrobiology
Edition: 4th edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: April 12, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9780824707644
Subjects: Geology & the lithosphere; Microbiology (non-medical); Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Biogeochemistry; Microbiology (Specific Aspects); Science; Science/Mathematics; Biotechnology; Earth Sciences - General; Environmental Science; Science / Microbiology; Earth Sciences - Geology; Geomicrobiology
First sentence: Geomicrobiology examines the role that microbes have played in the past and are currently playing in a number of fundamental geological processes.
Description: Maintaining the qualities that sent previous editions into multiple printings, this edition continues to explore the role that microbes have played in specific geological processes. The author discusses acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria, acidophilic iron- and metal sulfide-oxidation, and the geomicrobiology of bauxites. He covers geomicrobial methods, mineral formation and transformation, biodegradation or transformation of organics and inorganics, carbonates, silicates, phosphates, metal-oxides, and metal-sulfides, and practical applications of geomicrobial processes. The book includes end-of-chapter summaries, 2800 up-to-date literature citations, and a glossary.
Notes: Fourth Edition
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction.--; title: 2. The Earth as a Microbial Habitat.--; title: 3. The Origin of Life and Its Early History.--; title: 4. The Lithosphere as a Microbial Habitat.--; title: 5. The Hydrosphere as a Microbial Habitat.--; title: 6. Geomicrobial Processes: A Physiological and Biochemical Overview.--; title: 7. Methods in Geomicrobiology.--; title: 8. Microbial Formation and Degradation of Carbonates.--; title: 9. Geomicrobial Interactions with Silicon.--; title: 10. Geomicrobiology of Aluminum: Microbes and Bauxite.--; title: 11. Geomicrobial Interactions with Phosphorus.--; title: 12. Geomicrobially Important Interactions with Nitrogen.--; title: 13. Geomicrobial Interactions with Arsenic and Antimony.--; title: 14. Geomicrobiology of Mercury.--; title: 15. Geomicrobiology of Iron.--; title: 16. Geomicrobiology of Manganese.--; title: 17. Geomicrobial Interactions with Chromium, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Uranium, and Polonium.--; title: 18. Geomicrobiology of Sulfur.--; title: 19. Biogenesis and Biodegradation of Sulfide Minerals at the Earth’s Surface.--; title: 20. Geomicrobiology of Selenium and Tellurium.--; title: 21. Geomicrobiology of Fossil Fuels.