Description
Bacterial Biogeochemistry, Third Edition focuses on bacterial metabolism and its relevance to the environment, including the decomposition of soil, food chains, nitrogen fixation, assimilation and reduction of carbon nitrogen and sulfur, and microbial symbiosis. The scope of the new edition has broadened to provide a historical perspective, and covers in greater depth topics such as bioenergetic processes, characteristics of microbial communities, spatial heterogeneity, transport mechanisms, microbial biofilms, extreme environments and evolution of biogeochemical cycles.- Provides up-to-date coverage with an enlarged scope, a new historical perspective, and coverage in greater depth of topics of special interest- Covers interactions between microbial processes, atmospheric composition and the earth's greenhouse properties- Completely rewritten to incorporate all the advances and discoveries of the last 20 years such as applications in the exploration for ore deposits and oil and in remediation of environmental pollution
Table of Contents
1. Bacterial Metabolism2. Transport Mechanisms3. Degradation of Organic Polymers and Hydrocarbons4. Comparison of Element Cycles5. The Water Column6. Biogeochemical Cycling in Soils7. Aquatic Sediments8. Microbial Biogeochemistry and Extreme Environments9. Symbiotic Systems10. Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling and the Atmosphere11. Origins and Evolution of Biogeochemical CyclesAppendix1. Thermodynamics and Calculation of Energy Yields of Metabolic Processes2. Phylogeny and Function in Biogeochemical Cycles
