Aquatic geomicrobiology
By: by Donald E. Canfield, Erik Kristensen, Bo Thamdrup.
Contributors: Kristensen, Erik.; Thamdrup, Bo.
Series: Advances in marine biology -- v. 48.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 640
Subjects: Geomicrobiology.; Water -- Microbiology.; Marine microbiology.; Microbial metabolism.; Biogeochemical cycles.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [517]-599) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. Systematics and phylogeny; title: 2. Structure and growth of microbial populations; title: 3. Thermodynamics and microbial metabolism; title: 4. Carbon fixation and phototrophy; title: 5. Heterotrophic carbon metabolism; title: 6. The oxygen cycle; title: 7. The nitrogen cycle; title: 8. The iron and manganese cycle; title: 9. The sulfur cycle; title: 10. The methane cycle; title: 11. The phosphorus cycle; title: 12. The silicon cycle; title: 13. Microbial ecosystems.