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Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey Michael Gadd is Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Division of Environmental and Applied Biology in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, UK. Kirk T. Semple is a Reader in the Department of Environmental Science at Lancaster University, UK. Hilary M. Lappin-Scott is Professor of Environmental Microbiology in the School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK. Klappentext Overview of geomicrobiology; the role microorganisms have played and are playing in geologic processes. Zusammenfassung Geomicrobiology can be defined as the influence of microorganisms on geologic processes and is probably the most rapidly growing area of microbiology! combining environmental and molecular microbiology together with significant areas of mineralogy! geochemistry and hydrology. This volume provides an overview of the subject for graduate students and researchers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Isotopic-labelling methods for deciphering the function of uncultured micro-organisms M. Wagner and M. W. Taylor; 2. Biofilms and metal geochemistry: the relevance of micro-organism-induced geochemical transformations L. A. Warren; 3. Minerals, mats, pearls and veils: themes and variations in giant sulfur bacteria N. D. Gray and I. M. Head; 4. Soil micro-organisms in Antarctic dry valleys: resource supply and utilization D. W. Hopkins, B. Elberling, L. G. Greenfield, E. G. Gregorich, P. Novis, A. G. O'Donnell and A. D. Sparrow; 5. New insights into bacterial cell-wall structure and physico-chemistry: implications for interactions with metal ions and minerals V. R. Phoenix, A. A. Korenevsky, V. R. F. Matias and T. J. Beveridge; 6. Horizontal gene transfer of metal homeostasis genes and its role in microbial communities of the deep terrestrial subsurfaces J. Coombs and T. Barkay; 7. Biosilicification: the role of cyanobacteria in silico sinter deposition L. G. Benning, V. Phoenix and B. W. Mountain; 8. Metabolic diversity in the microbial world: relevance to exobiology K. H. Nealson and R. Popa; 9. Biogeochemical cycling in polar, temperate and tropical coastal zones: similarities and differences D. B. Nedwell; 10. Fungal roles and function in rock, mineral and soil transformations G. M. Gadd, M. Fomina and E. P. Burford; 11. The deep intraterrestrial biosphere K. Pedersen; 12. Iron, nitrogen, phosphorus and zinc cycling and consequences for primary productivity in the oceans J. A. Raven, K. Brown, M. Mackay, J. Beardall, M. Giordano, E. Granum, R. C. Leegood, K. Kilminster and D. I. Walker; 13. Mechanisms and environmental impact of microbial metal reduction J. R. Lloyd; 14. New insights into the physiology and regulation of the anaerobic oxidation of methane M. Krüger and T. Treude; 15. Biogeochemical roles of fungi in marine and estuarine habitats N. Clipson, E. Landy and M. Otte; 16. Role of micro-organisms in karstification P. C. Bennett and A. S. Engel....
