The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment
In my first microbiology class in 1968, Richard Wodzinki opened his first lecture with “Wodzinski’s Laws of Bacteriology. ” Those laws were (1) Bacteria are very very small, (2) Bacteria are our friends, and (3) Bacteria always have the last word. These simple statements motivated a career of curiosity, and started me on a wild ride of discovery with my miniscule colleagues. The realization that an entity so tiny could mediate critical ecological processes observed across scales of kilometers begs for an explanation of how populations and communities are distributed within those large spaces. How big is a microbial community? Where does one stop and another start? Are there rules of organization of the communities into spatially discrete patches, and can those patches be correlated with observed processes and process rates? Over the years I have added what I tell my classes are “Mills’ Corrolaries to Wodzinski’s Laws. ” With respect to the topic of this volume, the corollaries to the first law are: (1a) But there are a whole lot of them, and (1b) They can grow very very fast. Again, distribution in space and time is a central theme, and it has motivated much of my effort over the last 30 years.
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The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment
In my first microbiology class in 1968, Richard Wodzinki opened his first lecture with “Wodzinski’s Laws of Bacteriology. ” Those laws were (1) Bacteria are very very small, (2) Bacteria are our friends, and (3) Bacteria always have the last word. These simple statements motivated a career of curiosity, and started me on a wild ride of discovery with my miniscule colleagues. The realization that an entity so tiny could mediate critical ecological processes observed across scales of kilometers begs for an explanation of how populations and communities are distributed within those large spaces. How big is a microbial community? Where does one stop and another start? Are there rules of organization of the communities into spatially discrete patches, and can those patches be correlated with observed processes and process rates? Over the years I have added what I tell my classes are “Mills’ Corrolaries to Wodzinski’s Laws. ” With respect to the topic of this volume, the corollaries to the first law are: (1a) But there are a whole lot of them, and (1b) They can grow very very fast. Again, distribution in space and time is a central theme, and it has motivated much of my effort over the last 30 years.
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The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment

The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment

The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment

The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment

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In my first microbiology class in 1968, Richard Wodzinki opened his first lecture with “Wodzinski’s Laws of Bacteriology. ” Those laws were (1) Bacteria are very very small, (2) Bacteria are our friends, and (3) Bacteria always have the last word. These simple statements motivated a career of curiosity, and started me on a wild ride of discovery with my miniscule colleagues. The realization that an entity so tiny could mediate critical ecological processes observed across scales of kilometers begs for an explanation of how populations and communities are distributed within those large spaces. How big is a microbial community? Where does one stop and another start? Are there rules of organization of the communities into spatially discrete patches, and can those patches be correlated with observed processes and process rates? Over the years I have added what I tell my classes are “Mills’ Corrolaries to Wodzinski’s Laws. ” With respect to the topic of this volume, the corollaries to the first law are: (1a) But there are a whole lot of them, and (1b) They can grow very very fast. Again, distribution in space and time is a central theme, and it has motivated much of my effort over the last 30 years.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789048175703
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 11/24/2010
Edition description: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
Pages: 333
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Statistical Analysis Of Spatial Structure In Microbial Communities.- Bacterial Interactions At The Microscale – Linking Habitat To Function In Soil.- Spatial Distribution Of Bacteria At The Microscale In Soil.- Analysis Of Spatial Patterns Of Rhizoplane Colonization.- Microbial Distributions And Their Potential Controlling Factors In Terrestrial Subsurface Environments.- Spatial Organisation Of Soil Fungi.- Spatial Heterogeneity Of Planktonic Microorganisms In Aquatic Systems.- The Interrelationship Between The Spatial Distribution Of Microorganisms And Vegetation In Forest Soils.
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