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Micro-organisms and earth systems- -advances in geomicrobiology: sixty-fifth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at Keele University, September 2005

By Geoffrey M. Gadd , Hilary M. Lappin-Scott , Society for General Microbiology. Symposium , Kirk T. Semple , Society for General Microbiology

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0521862221, 9780521862226
Google Books ID
q1pDF8xRPe8C
Open Library ID
OL17188314M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5154528 bytes)
Series
Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology volume 65
Edition
1
Pages
389\389
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

There is growing awareness that important environmental transformations are catalysed, mediated and influenced by microorganisms, and geomicrobiology can be defined as the influence of microorganisms on geologic processes. This is probably the most rapidly growing area of microbiology at present, combining environmental and molecular microbiology together with significant areas of mineralogy, geochemistry and hydrology. This volume focuses on the function of microorganisms in the environment and their influence on 'global' processes. It will include state-of-the art approaches to visualisation, culture and identification, community interactions and gene transfer, and diversity studies in relation to key processes. This overview for researchers and graduate students will represent environmental microbiology in its broadest sense and help to promote exciting collaborations between microbiologists and those in complementary physical and chemical disciplines.

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