Microbial Life of Cave Systems

by Annette Summers Engel (Editor), Daniel Jones (Contribution by), Kathleen Lavoie (Contribution by), Hazel A. Barton (Contribution by), Marianyoly Ortiz-Ortiz (Contribution by)

Overview

The earth's subsurface contains abundant and active microbial biomass, living in water, occupying pore space, and colonizing mineral and rock surfaces. Caves are one type of subsurface habitat, being natural, solutionally- or collapse-enlarged openings in rock. Within the past 30 years, there has been an increase in the number of microbiology studies from cave environments to understand cave ecology, cave geology, and even the origins of life. By emphasizing the microbial life of caves, and the ecological processes and geological consequences attributed to microbes, this book provides the first authoritative and comprehensive account of the microbial life of caves for students, professionals, and general readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110389524
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	10/16/2015
Series:	Life in Extreme Environments , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	350
File size:	15 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Annette Summers Engel, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA