Autor: F. J. de Bruijn

During the next 30 years, farmers must produce 70% more rice than the 550 millions tons produced today to feed the increasing population. Nitrogen (N) is the nutrient that most frequently limits rice …

A wide range of microbiologists, molecular biologists, and molecular evolutionary biologists will find this new volume of singular interest. It summarizes the present knowledge about the structure an …

For a long time microbial ecology has been developed as a distinct field with- in Ecology. In spite of the important role of microorganisms in the environ- ment, this group of ‘invisible’ organisms r …

Microbes are key drivers of the world’s ecosystems. The vast majority of the world’s diversity and metabolic potential lies within micro-organisms, yet we are just beginning to understand and utilize …