Marine microbiology
Subtitle: ecology and applications
By: Colin Munn ; with foreword by Farooq Azam
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Garland Science
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780815365174
Subjects: Marine microbiology
Description: Overview: Marine Microbiology brings together microbial biology and ecology to create an integrated approach that addresses environmental management, human health, and economic concerns. The Second Edition takes into account many new discoveries in the field including the role of microbes in ocean processes and nutrient cycles, the importance of viruses, the beneficial role of marine microbes in biotechnology, biofuels, metagenomics and synthetic biology, and new research on the impact of climate change and ocean acidification. The first three sections review the main features of the marine environment and key aspects of marine microbial life; the second section examines the role of marine microorganisms in ecology; and the final section considers some of the applications of this knowledge in areas such as disease and biodegradation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nucleic-Acid-Based Methods; title: Metabolic Diversity and Ecophysiology; title: Marine Bacteria. Overview of Diversity of the Bacteria ; Major Types of Marine Bacteria, Grouped by Phenotype; title: Marine Archaea; title: Marine Eukaryotic Microbes; title: Marine Viruses; title: Microbes in Ocean Processes : Carbon Cycling; title: Microbes in Ocean Processes : Nitrogen, Sulfur, Iron, and Phosphorus Cycling; title: Symbiotic Associations; title: Microbial Diseases of Marine Organisms. Diseases of Invertebrates ; Diseases of Vertebrates ; Diseases of Seaweeds and Seagrasses; title: Marine Microbes as Agents of Human Disease; title: Microbial Aspects of Marine Biofouling, Biodeterioration, and Pollution. Biofouling And Biodeterioration ; Microbial aspects of Marine Pollution by Sewage ; Oil and other Chemical Pollution; title: Marine Microbes and Biotechnology; title: Concluding Remarks.