Microbial ecology : principles, methods, and applications /
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| Imprint: | New York : McGraw-Hill, c1992. |
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| Description: | xxviii, 945 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The McGraw-Hill environmental biotechnology series Environmental biotechnology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1475056 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Detection, Identification, Classification, and Enumeration. Ch. 1. Overview: Historical Perspective, Present Status, and Future Directions. Ch. 2. Detection and Enumeration of Microorganisms Based upon Phenotype. Ch. 3. Immunological Techniques for Detection, Identification, and Enumeration of Microorganisms in the Environment. Ch. 4. Nucleic Acid Hybridization Techniques for Detection, Identification, and Enumeration of Microorganisms in the Environment. Ch. 5. Microscopy Applications for Analysis of Environmental Samples. Ch. 6. Application of Numerical Taxonomy in Microbial Ecology
- Pt. 2. Genetic Transfer and Stability. Ch. 7. Overview: Methods for the Evaluation of Genetic Transport and Stability in the Environment. Ch. 8. Assessment of Genetic Stability. Ch. 9. Relative Fitness: Its Estimation and Its Significance for Environmental Applications of Microorganisms. Ch. 10. Analysis of Conjugation in Bacteria. Ch. 11. Methods for Evaluating Transduction: An Overview with Environmental Considerations. Ch. 12. Natural Transformation and Its Potential for Gene Transfer in the Environment. Ch. 13. Evaluating the Potential for Genetic Exchange in Natural Freshwater Environments. Ch. 14. Measurement of Conjugal Gene Transfer in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Ch. 15. Gene Transfer in Wastewater. Ch. 16. Conjugal Gene Transfer on Plants. Ch. 17. Construction of Plasmids for Use in Survival and Gene Transfer Research. Ch. 18. Lux and Other Reporter Genes. Ch. 19. Practical Considerations of Nucleic Acid Hybridization and Reassociation Techniques in Environmental Analysis
- Pt. 3. Fate and Transport. Ch. 20. Overview: Fate and Transport of Microbes. Ch. 21. Survival and Recovery of Microorganisms from Environmental Samples. Ch. 22. Factors Influencing the Dispersal and Survival of Aerosolized Microorganisms. Ch. 23. Site-Specific Aquatic Microcosms as Test Systems for Fate and Effects of Microorganisms. Ch. 24. Persistence of Recombinant Bacteria in Microcosms. Ch. 25. Experimental Methods for the Study of Fate and Transport of Microorganisms in Aquatic Systems. Ch. 26. Experimental Methods for Terrestrial Ecosystems. Ch. 27. Field Sampling Design and Experimental Methods for the Detection of Airborne Microorganisms
- Pt. 4. Ecosystems Effects. Ch. 28. Overview: Identifying Ecological Effects from the Release of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms and Microbial Pest Control Agents. Ch. 29. Methods for Evaluating the Effects of Microorganisms on Biogeochemical Cycling. Ch. 30. Measurement of Microbial Population Dynamics: Significance and Methodology. Ch. 31. Use of the Mixed Flask Culture Microcosm Protocol to Estimate the Survival and Effects of Microorganisms Added to Freshwater Ecosystems. Ch. 32. Synthetic Microcosms As Test Systems for Survival and Effects of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms. Ch. 33. Distribution of Metal-Resistant Microorganisms in the Environment: Significance and Methodology
- Pt. 5. Effects on Individual Organisms (Nontarget). Ch. 34. Overview: The Effects of Microbial Pest Control Agents on Nontarget Organisms. Ch. 35. Testing the Effects of Microbial Agents on Plants. Ch. 36. Testing the Effects of Microbial Agents on Fish and Crustaceans. Ch. 37. Testing the Effects of Microorganisms on Birds. Ch. 38. Testing the Effects of Microbial Pest Control Agents on Mammals. Ch. 39. Testing of Microbial Pest Control Agents in Nontarget Insects and Acari
- Pt. 6. Decontamination and Mitigation. Ch. 40. Overview: Confinement, Decontamination, and Mitigation. Ch. 41. Degradative Bacteria. Ch. 42. Metal-Extracting Bacteria. Ch. 43. Microorganisms Associated with Animals. Ch. 44. Bacillus. Ch. 45. Decontamination and Mitigation of Baculoviruses. Ch. 46. Containment, Decontamination, and Mitigation of Plant Viruses in the Environment. Ch. 47. Environmental Control of Cyanobacteria. Ch. 48. Eukaryotic Algae. Ch. 49. Containment, Decontamination, and Mitigation of Recombinant Pseudomonas Species in Environmental Settings. Ch. 50. Biological Containment of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms.
