Call number:
20-2/M 13.0091
Description / Table of Contents:
This book is an interdisciplinary review of recent developments in topics including origin of life, microbial-mineral interactions, and microbial processes functioning in marine and terrestrial environments. A major component of this book addresses molecular techniques to evaluate microbial evolution and assess relationships of microbes in complex, natural communities. The function of microbial community members and their possible geological impact are evaluated from a perspective of (meta)genomics, (meta)proteomics, and isotope labeling. As well as summarizing current knowledge in various areas, it also reveals unresolved questions that require future investigations. These chapters enhance our fundamental knowledge of geomicrobiology that contributes to the exploitation of microbial functions in mineral and environmental biotechnology applications. Authors have provided skillful reviews and outlined unique perspectives on environmental microorganisms and their related processes.
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Chemoautotrophic origin of life: the Iron-Sulfur World Hypothesis; Gunter Wachtershauser 2. Evolution of metabolic pathways and evolution of genomes; Giovanni Emiliani, Marco Fondi, Pietro Lio, and Renato Fani 3. Novel cultivation strategies for environmentally important microorganisms; Jorg Overmann 4. Environmental proteomics: Studying structure and function of microbial communities; Thomas Schneider and Kathrin Riedel 5. Analysis of microbial communities by functional gene arrays; Jizhong Zhou, Zhili He, and Joy D. Van Nostrand 6. Probing identity and physiology of uncultured microorganisms with isotope labeling techniques; Alexander Loy and Michael Pester 7. The geomicrobiology of arsenic; Rhesa N. Ledbetter and Timothy S. Magnuson 8. Bioinformatics and genomics of iron- and sulfur-oxidizing acidophiles; Violaine Bonnefoy 9. The geomicrobiology of catastrophe: a comparison of microbial colonization in post-volcanic and impact environments; Charles S. Cockell 10. Microbial diversity of cave ecosystems; Annette S. Engel 11. Statistical evaluation of bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences in relation to travertine mineral precipitation and water chemistry at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, USA; Hector Garcia Martin, John Veysey, George T. Bonheyo, Nigel Goldenfeld and Bruce W. Fouke 12. Compositional, physiological and metabolic variability in microbial communities associated with geochemically diverse, deep-sea hydrothermal vent fluids; Ken Takai and Kentaro Nakamura 13. The molecular geomicrobiology of bacterial manganese(II) oxidation; Bradley M. Tebo, Kati Geszvain and Sung-Woo Lee 14. Role of microorganisms in banded iron formations; Inga Koehler, Kurt Konhauser and Andreas Kappler 15. Synergistic roles of microorganisms in mineral precipitates associated with deep sea methane seeps; Huifang Xu 16. Bacterial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls; Martina Mackova, Ondrej Uhlik, Petra Lovecka, Jitka Viktorova, Martina Novakova, Katerina Demnerova, Michel Sylvestre and Tomas Macek 17. Role of clay and organic matter in the biodegradation of organics in soil; Laura E. McAllister and Kirk T. Semple 18. Electrodes as electron acceptors, and the bacteria who love them; Daniel R. Bond 19. The biogeochemistry of biomining; Barrie D. Johnson
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XIV, 437 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
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Ill., graph. Darst.
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235 mm x 155 mm
ISBN:
9789048192038
Note:
Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:2010
Location:
Reading room
Branch Library:
GFZ Library
