Designed for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and
environmental professionals, this book builds upon the tremendous
success of the previous editions with a comprehensive and up-to-date
discussion of environmental microbiology as a discipline that has
greatly expanded in scope and interest over the past several decades.
From terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to urban and indoor
environments, this edition relates environmental microbiology to a
variety of life science, ecology, and environmental science topics
including biogeochemical cycling, bioremediation, environmental
transmission of pathogens, microbial risk assessment, and drinking
water treatment and reuse. The final chapter highlights several
emerging issues including microbial remediation of marine oil spills,
microbial contributions to global warming, impact of climate change on
microbial infectious disease, and the development of
antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
New chapters on: • Microbial Diversity and Interactions in Natural
Ecosystems (previous chapter on bacterial diversity expanded to
include microbial ecology and interactions) • Bioinformation and
‘Omic’ Approaches for Characterization of Environmental
Microorganisms • Microbial Source Tracking • Land Application of
Organic Residuals: Municipal Biosolids and Animal Manures
• Recycled Water Treatment and Reuse • Global Emerging Microbial
Issues in the Anthropocene Era
Updates to Other Chapters: • Cultural Methods: new cutting-edge
approaches for isolating difficult-to-culture microorganisms
• Nucleic Acid-Based Methods: new text and graphics for a variety
of methods including microarrays, quantitative PCR, and metagenomics
• Aquatic Environments: completely revised chapter
• Microorganisms and Metal Pollutants: new material on metal
speciation and bioremediation • Microorganisms and Organic
Pollutants: updated discussion on anaerobic degradation of halogenated
compounds and bioaugmentation-based remediation of contaminated
groundwater • Microbial Communication: new sections on bacterial
communication with eukaryotic hosts • New graphics, case studies,
and information boxes throughout
More Features: • Introductory chapters provide foundational
background in microbiology, microbial environments, and methodologies
• Presents state-of-the-art research results with key, recent
references to document information • Emphasizes critical
information using “Information Boxes throughout • Includes
real-world case studies to illustrate concepts, along with frequent
use of graphics, cartoons and photographs • Offers questions at the
end of each chapter designed to test key concepts • Lecture slides
available for instructors online
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780123946263
Publisert
2014
Utgave
3. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Academic Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok