| Description |
xxxii, 552 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Wiley series in ecological and applied microbiology
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Evolution and diversity of microorganisms in ecosystems. Microbiological of biodiveristy / James T. Staley -- Natural history of microorganisms inhabiting hot spring microbial mat communities : clues to the origin of microbial diversity and implications for microbiology and macrobiology / David M. Ward ... [et al.] -- Microbial mats and biofilms : evolution, structure, and function of fixed microbial communities / Andreas P. Teske and David Stahl. Physiological and metabolic diversity of microorganisms. Evolution of energy metabolism / John A. Leigh -- Evolution and diversity of photosynthethic prokaryotes / Beverly K. Pierson -- Diversity of microbial heterotrophic metabolism / Jerome J. Perry. Microbial diversity of major ecosystems. Exploring the diversity of soil - a microbial rain forest / Daniel H. Buckley and Thomas M. Schmidt -- Marine prokaryote diversity / Marcelino T. Suzuki and Edward F. DeLong. Biodiversity and role of microorganisms in plant and animal symbioses. Plant-microbe symbioses : an evolutionary survey / Robert M. Goodman and Jeremy B. Weisz -- Insights from insect-microbe symbioses / Matthew D. Kane and Ulrich G. Mueller -- Getting in touch with your prokaryotic self : mammal-microbe interactions / Abigail A. Salyers and Joseph A. Shipman. Microbial diversity of extreme environments. Microbial diversity of marine and terrestrial thermal springs / Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Dorothee Gotz, and Dinesh Yernool -- And some like it cold : sea ice microbiology / James T. Staley, Karen Junge, and Jody Deming -- Deep subsurface biosphere / Todd O. Stevens. Microbial diversity, biotechnology and the future of biodiversity. Exploiting microbial diversity / Austin Kuo and George M. Garrity -- Future of microbial diversity research / Rita R. Colwell. |
| Subject |
Microbial ecology.
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Bacterial diversity.
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Microorganisms -- Evolution.
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| Added Author |
Staley, James T.
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Reysenbach, Anna-Louise.
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| ISBN |
0471254339 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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