Bacterial Biogeochemistry
The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling

A current, accurate and lucid review of bacterial biogeochemistry, presenting the fundamentals of microbial processes in a way that allows for easy extrapolation to applied problems, including environmental concerns

Tom Fenchel (Author), Henry Blackburn (Author), Gary M. King (Author)

9780124158368, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 24 July 2012

312 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.72 kg

"The authors of this book have succeeded with such a synthesis by creating a current, accurate and lucid review of bacterial biogeochemistry. The 10 chapters of this book describe, in logical order, the myriad of biogeochemical reactions in soils, aqueous systems and the atmosphere that are mediated by prokaryotic organisms. Throughout each chapter the fundamentals of microbial processes are presented in a way that allows for easy extrapolation to applied problems, including environmental concerns. This book would serve as a valuable resource for all those, students to professionals, who require an accurate, current, yet broadly based review of this rapidly evolving discipline." --SGM QUARTERLY

Bacterial Biogeochemistry, Third Edition focuses on bacterial metabolism and its relevance to the environment, including the decomposition of soil, food chains, nitrogen fixation, assimilation and reduction of carbon nitrogen and sulfur, and microbial symbiosis. The scope of the new edition has broadened to provide a historical perspective, and covers in greater depth topics such as bioenergetic processes, characteristics of microbial communities, spatial heterogeneity, transport mechanisms, microbial biofilms, extreme environments and evolution of biogeochemical cycles.

1. Bacterial Metabolism2. Transport Mechanisms3. Degradation of Organic Polymers and Hydrocarbons4. Comparison of Element Cycles5. The Water Column6. Biogeochemical Cycling in Soils7. Aquatic Sediments8. Microbial Biogeochemistry and Extreme Environments9. Symbiotic Systems10. Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling and the Atmosphere11. Origins and Evolution of Biogeochemical Cycles

Subject Areas: The environment [RN], Geochemistry [RBGK], Bacteriology [non-medical PSGD], Microbiology [non-medical PSG]