Manual of environmental microbiology /
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| Imprint: | Washington, DC : ASM Press, 1996. |
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| Description: | xvii, 894 p. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2573360 |
Table of Contents:
- Editorial Board
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section I. Introduction to Environmental Microbiology
- 1. Introduction to Environmental Microbiology
- 2. Neighborhoods and Community Involvement: No Microbe Is an Island
- 3. Prokaryotic Diversity: Form, Ecophysiology, and Habitat
- Section II. General Methodology
- 4. Overview: General Methodology
- 5. Analytical Imaging and Microscopy Techniques
- 6. Cultivation of Bacteria and Fungi
- 7. Cultivation of Algae and Protozoa
- 8. Cultivation and Assay of Animal Viruses
- 9. Cultivation of Microbial Consortia and Communities
- 10. Biochemical Approaches to Biomass Measurements and Community Structure Analysis
- 11. Molecular Approaches for the Measurement of Density, Diversity, and Phylogeny
- 12. Application of Physiological Profiles to Assessment of Community Properties
- 13. Emerging Technologies: Bioreporters, Biosensors, and Microprobes
- 14. Quality Assurance
- 15. Sampling and Data Analysis for Environmental Microbiology
- Section III. Water Microbiology in Public Health
- 16. Overview of Water Microbiology as It Relates to Public Health
- 17. Waterborne Transmission of Infectious Agents
- 18. Detection of Microorganisms in Environmental Freshwaters and Drinking Waters
- 19. Detection of Protozoan Parasites in Source and Finished Drinking Waters
- 20. Microbial Indicators of Marine Recreational Water Quality
- 21. Detection of Viruses in Environmental Waters, Sewage, and Sewage Sludges
- 22. Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Wastewater and Sludge
- 23. Detection of Bacteria, Viruses, and Parasitic Protozoa in Shellfish
- 24. Control of Microorganisms in Source Water and Drinking Water
- 25. Assessing the Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment
- 26. Modeling the Fate of Microorganisms in Water, Wastewater, and Soil
- 27. Estimating the Risk of Infectious Disease Associated with Pathogens in Drinking Water
- Section IV. Aquatic Environments
- 28. Overview of Issues in Aquatic Microbial Ecology
- 29. Primary Productivity and Producers
- 30. Molecular Methods for Detecting and Characterizing Harmful Phytoplankton
- 31. Bacterial Secondary Productivity
- 32. Community Structure: Viruses
- 33. Community Structure: Bacteria and Archaea
- 34. Protistan Community Structure
- 35. Biomass, Growth Rate, and Production of Filamentous Fungi in Plant Litter
- 36. Phagotrophy in Aquatic Microbial Food Webs
- 37. Radiotracer ([superscript 14]C and [superscript 3]H) Assays for Benthic Microbial Organic Matter Transformations
- 38. Sulfur Cycling
- 39. Microbial Nitrogen Cycling
- 40. Phosphorus Cycling
- 41. Metal Requirements and Tolerance
- 42. Colonization, Adhesion, Aggregation, and Biofilms
- 43. Unusual or Extreme High-Pressure Marine Environments
- 44. Field and Laboratory Methods for Meiofaunal Research
- Section V. Soil, Rhizosphere, and Phyllosphere
- 45. Introduction and Overview: Soil, Rhizosphere, and Phyllosphere
- 46. Methods for Sampling Soil Microbes
- 47. Sampling Microbes from the Rhizosphere and Phyllosphere
- 48. Sampling Viruses from Soil
- 49. Isolation, Culture, and Detection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
- 50. Isolation, In Planta Detection, and Culture of Endophytic Bacteria and Fungi
- 51. Methods of Soil Microbial Community Analysis
- 52. Isolation and Purification of Microbial Community Nucleic Acids from Environmental Samples
- 53. PCR Applications for Plant and Soil Microbes
- 54. Quantification of Nitrogen Transformations
- 55. Quantifying the Metabolic Activity of Soil- and Plant-Associated Microbes
- 56. Assessment of Extracellular Enzymatic Activity in Soil
- 57. Antibiotic, Chromogenic, and Luminescent Markers for Bacteria
- 58. Use of Fluorescent Antibodies for Studying the Ecology of Soil- and Plant-Associated Microbes
- 59. Reporter Gene Systems Useful in Evaluating In Situ Gene Expression by Soil-and Plant-Associated Bacteria
- 60. Antibiotic Production by Soil and Rhizosphere Microbes In Situ
- 61. Quantification of Gene Transfer in Soil and the Phytosphere
- 62. Research Methods for Microorganisms Interacting with Arthropods in Soil
- Section VI. Subsurface and Landfills
- 63. Overview of Issues in Subsurface and Landfill Microbiology
- 64. Drilling, Coring, and Sampling Subsurface Environments
- 65. Anaerobic Decomposition of Refuse in Landfills and Methane Oxidation in Landfill Cover Soils
- 66. The Biogeochemistry of Aquifer Systems
- 67. Stable Carbon Isotopes as Indicators of Microbial Activity in Aquifers
- 68. Determining the Terminal Electron-Accepting Reaction in the Saturated Subsurface
- 69. Transport of Microorganisms in the Terrestrial Subsurface: In Situ and Laboratory Methods
- 70. Oil Field Microbiology
- 71. Placement of Drinking Water Wells and Their Protection
- Section VII. Aerobiology
- 72. Introduction to Aerobiology
- 73. Sampling and Analysis of Airborne Microorganisms
- 74. Fate and Transport of Microorganisms in Air
- 75. Airborne Fungi and Mycotoxins
- 76. Airborne Endotoxin
- 77. Legionellae and Legionnaires' Disease
- 78. Airborne Viruses
- 79. Aerobiology of Agricultural Pathogens
- Section VIII. Biotransformation and Biodegranation
- 80. Overview: Biotransformation and Biodegradation
- 81. Methods for Determining Biodegradability
- 82. Measuring and Modeling Physicochemical Limitations to Bioavailability and Biodegradation
- 83. Lignocellulose Biodegradation
- 84. Methods for Measuring Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Soils
- 85. Soil Bioventilation and Modeling of Airflow in Soil
- 86. Bioaugmentation
- 87. Use of Fungi in Biodegradation
- 88. Methods for Isolation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)-Degrading Microorganisms and Procedures for Determination of Biodegradation Intermediates and Environmental Monitoring of PAHs
- 89. Biodegradation, Transformation, and Bioremediation of Nitroaromatic Compounds
- 90. Biodegradation of Halogenated Solvents
- 91. Methods for Assessing Anaerobic Biodegradation Potential
- 92. The Ecology of Iron-Reducing Bacteria in Pristine and Contaminated Environments
- 93. Biotransformations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
- 94. Biodegradation of Agricultural Chemicals
- 95. Use of Bioreactors and Microcosms To Assess the Biodegradation Potential of Soils
- 96. Microbiology for the Metal Mining Industry
- 97. Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: Perspectives and Approaches
- 98. Scale-Up of Processes for Bioremediation
- Author Index
- Subject Index
