Overview
- Addresses the need for a systematic introduction to microbial metabolism
- Provides a particular focus on microbial catabolism
- Highlights the connection between ecological fitness factors and metabolic pathways in microbes
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This textbook examines the fundamental principles of microbial metabolism and how a microbe's ecology is intrinsically interwoven with and a consequence of its metabolism. Further, it answers many questions frequently asked by students, such as: What are the mechanistic connections between simple phenotypic traits, ecological patterns and microbial metabolism and diversity? In the process, readers will be introduced to essential topics like metabolism and metabolic pathways, flux of energy and nutrients, genome size and fitness, competition, selection and drift.
Moreover, the book conveys fundamental principles that show students how to approach the field of microbiology from a different, more unifying angle, e.g., how microbes’ access to environmentally available energy resources and the specific metabolism involved lies at the root of every ecologically significant microbial speciation. This aspect, together with its special focus on metabolism and ecological implications, make the book a must-read for all students of microbiology.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Principles of Microbial Metabolism and Metabolic Ecology
Authors: Alfred M. Spormann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28218-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-28217-1Published: 01 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-28218-8Published: 30 December 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 338
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 165 illustrations in colour
Topics: Bacteriology, Biochemistry, general, Microbial Ecology, Applied Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics