Bacterial Biogeochemistry: The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling

by Tom Fenchel, Henry Blackburn, Gary M. King

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124159747
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/24/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	312
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

In 1986, Tom Fenchel was the recipient of the Ecology Institute Prize and the Huntsman Medal for Excellency in Oceanography. He is an honorary member of the Society for General Microbiology and is a Professor of Marine Biology and the Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. He has authored and co-authored several books and has published about 120 original and review papers on microbial ecology, marine biology and population biology. He holds a Ph.D and a Dr.Sc. from the University of Copenhagen and is a member of the Danish Royal Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Gary M. King has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Natural Council of Maine, the President's Creative Achievement Award from the University of Maine, and the Graduate Research and Teaching Award from the College of Science at the University of Maine. He was a Fulbright research fellow in Denmark from 1988-1990 and was the Chief Scientist/Aquanaut Team Leader for the "Aquarius" missions 88-2 and 89-2 and Hydolab 84-5. He received his Ph.D with honors from the University of Georgia, is a professor of Microbiology and Oceanography at the University of Maine, and has published more than 80 papers in refereed scientific journals.

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 Cycles

Appendix1. Thermodynamics and Calculation of Energy Yields of Metabolic Processes2. Phylogeny and Function in Biogeochemical Cycles

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From the Publisher

Comprehensive review of bacterial biogeochemistry, presenting the fundamentals of microbial processes that allows for easy extrapolation to applied problems

Editorial Reviews

With an approach based on the physiological properties of prokaryotic organisms, this volume treats the influence of bacterial activity on the chemical environment of the biosphere. Topics discussed include: microbial processes in different habitats, element cycling on a global scale, food chains, the Earth's greenhouse properties, decomposition of soil, and the evolution of biogeochemical processes. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

"The authors of this book have succeeded with such a synthesis by creating a current, accurate and lucid review of bacterial biogeochemistry. The 10 chapters of this book describe, in logical order, the myriad of biogeochemical reactions in soils, aqueous systems and the atmosphere that are mediated by prokaryotic organisms. Throughout each chapter the fundamentals of microbial processes are presented in a way that allows for easy extrapolation to applied problems, including environmental concerns. This book would serve as a valuable resource for all those, students to professionals, who require an accurate, current, yet broadly based review of this rapidly evolving discipline." —SGM QUARTERLY

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