Description
Bacterial Biogeochemistry: The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling, Fourth Edition discusses the influence of bacterial activity on the chemical environment of the biosphere. Following the success of previous editions, this update 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. All chapters have been revised and brought up-to-date in light of the many advances and discoveries that have taken place during the last decade. The scope of the new edition has broadened to provide a review of the processes and phenomena that are relevant for global change feedback loops and advances in bacterial biogeochemical cycles.- Completely revised to incorporate all recent advances in bacterial biogeochemical cycles- Identifies processes and phenomena that are relevant for global change feedback loops- Covers interactions between microbial processes, atmospheric composition, and the earth's greenhouse properties
Table of Contents
1. Bacterial Metabolism2. Transport Mechanisms3. Degradation of Organic Polymers and Hydrocarbons4. Comparison of Element Cycles5. The Water Column (Marine and Freshwater)6. Biogeochemical Cycling in Soils7. Aquatic Sediments8. Microbial Biogeochemistry and Extreme Environments9. Symbiotic Systems10. Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling and the Atmosphere11. Origins and Evolution of Biogeochemical Cycles12. Bacterial Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene
