Environmental Microbiology: From genomes to biogeochemistry
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Author(s): E. Madsen
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 9781405136471
Format: hardback
479pp
Price: £34.99
Review Date: 10 June 2008
Review: Environmental microbiology is a multidisciplinary field and covers many separate areas – analytical chemistry, geochemistry, soil science, limnology, public heath, environmental engineering, ecology, physiology, biogeochemistry, evolution, molecular biology, and genomics. This textbook has developed from over ten years from a course given at Cornell University and is aimed at upper level undergraduates, graduate students and scientists who want to know more about the subject. Chapter titles are: Significance, History and Challenges of Environmental Microbiology, Formation of the Biosphere, Physiological Ecology, Survey of the Earth’s Microbial Habitats, Microbial Diversity, Generating and Interpreting Information in Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Biogeochemistry, Special and Applied Topics in Environmental Microbiology, Future Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology. The book is well illustrated mostly in colour, with many tables, glossary and index.