This book offers the first comprehensive, in-depth treatment of microbial diversity for undergraduate and graduate students. Using a global approach, Microbial Diversity illustrates the impact of microorganisms on ecological and Earth system phenomena.
* Accompanied by a devoted website with resources for both instructors and students: www.blackwellpublishing.com/ogunseitan
* Uses key ecological and global phenomena to show the continuity of microbial contribution.
* Illustrates the importance of microbial diversity for the understanding of global physiochemical and biological processes.
* Presents analyses of microscopic, culture, molecular, and phylogenetic systematic methods.
* Shows the relevance of microbial diversity to global environmental problems, such as climate change and ozone depletion.
* Features numerous illustrations, including over 60 4-color photographs of microbes.
Tabla de materias
Preface.
Part I: Concepts and Methods.
1. The Concept of Microbial Species.
2. Microscopic Methods for Assessing Microbial Diversity.
3. Culture Methods.
4. Molecular and Genomic Methods.
5. Phylogenetic Analysis.
Part II: Principles and Applications.
6. Environmental Evolution.
7. Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon and Nitrogen.
8. Biogeochemical Cycling of Phosphorus, Sulfur, Metals, and
Trace Elements.
9. Cross-species Interactions Among Prokaryotes.
10. Interactions Between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes.
11. Microbial Diversity and Global Environmental Issues.
Glossary of Terms.
References.
Index
Sobre el autor
Oladele Ogunseitan is professor of Environmental Health, Science, and Policy at the University of California, Irvine. He has been a Global Environmental Assessment Fellow at Harvard University, and a Macy Foundation Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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