Lakes of Africa
Microbial Diversity and Sustainability

A foundational and comprehensive examination of the lakes of Africa, covering their biodiversity, ecology, history, and future outlook

Mostafa El-Sheekh (Edited by), Hosam Easa Elsaied (Edited by)

9780323955270, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 22 February 2023

594 pages
23.5 x 19 x 3.7 cm, 0.45 kg

Lakes of Africa: Microbial Diversity and Sustainability examines microbial ecosystems in African lakes, including the history and formation of African lakes. The book describes how environmental stressors—including seasonal variations, climate change, and anthropogenic activities—affect microbial ecosystem dynamics in African lakes and the microbial responses to these stressors. The book explores and evaluates extremophiles in African lakes, including industrial biotechnology applications. The book highlights challenges facing microbial ecology in African lakes, as well as the design of models for solving these problems and predicting the future of lake microbial ecosystem sustainability.

1. History and formation of African lakes
2. Microbes and sustainability of African Lake
3. Exploring and phylogenetic characterization of microbial communities in African lakes.
4. Genomics of microbial communities in African Lakes
5. Microbial ecosystem dynamics and seasonal changes in African lakes
6. Microbial ecosystem and climate changes in African lakes
7. Geomicrobiology of African Lakes
8. Phytoplankton assemblage of African lakes
9. Prokaryotic communities in African lakes and water quality
10. Microbes and pollution in African lakes
11. Plankton and fish nutrition in African Lakes
12. Microbial community and Fish diseases in African lakes
13. Microbiology and microbial ecology of African desert lakes
14. Extremophiles in African brine lakes
15. African lakes as natural resources for microbial biotechnology
16. Problems and Challenges in microbial ecology of African lakes
17. Microbial modelling in African Lakes

Subject Areas: The environment [RN], Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK], Environmental economics [KCN]