Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barton, Larry L. (Editor), Mandl, Martin. (Editor), Loy, Alexander. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbiology.; Aquatic biology.; Microbial ecology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.; Biogeosciences.; Applied Microbiology.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9204-5

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 evolutio...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Chemoautotrophic origin of life: the Iron-Sulfur World Hypothesis; G<U+00fc>nter Wc̃htershũser
• 2. Evolution of metabolic pathways and evolution of genomes; Giovanni Emiliani, Marco Fondi, Pietro Li,̣ and Renato Fani
• 3. Novel cultivation strategies for environmentally important microorganisms; Jr̲g 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; Hčtor Garca̕ Martn̕, 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.