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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460756903321

Autore

Madsen Eugene L.

Titolo

Environmental microbiology : from genomes to biogeochemistry / / Eugene L. Madsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-78785-068-4

1-118-43960-0

1-118-43952-X

1-118-43958-9

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (590 p.)

Disciplina

579/.17

Soggetti

Microbial ecology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Significance, history, and challenges of environmental microbiology -- Formation of the biosphere : key biogeochemical and evolutionary events -- Physiological ecology : resource exploitation by microorganisms -- A survey of the earth's microbial habitats -- Microbial diversity : who is here and how do we know? -- Generating and interpreting information in environmental microbiology : methods and their limitations -- Microbial biogeochemistry : a grand synthesis -- Special and applied topics in environmental microbiology -- Future frontiers in environmental microbiology.