Micro-organisms and earth systems - advances in geomicrobiology : sixty-fifth symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at Keele University September 2005 ; published for the Society for General Microbiology /

Geomicrobiology.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Society for General Microbiology. Symposium
Other Authors: Gadd, Geoffrey M., Semple, K. T. (Kirk T.), Lappin-Scott, Hilary M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Isotopic-labelling methods for deciphering the function of uncultured micro-organisms
  • Biofilms and metal geochemistry : the relevance of micro-organism-induced geochemical transformations
  • Minerals, mats, pearls, and veils: themes and variations in giant sulfur bacteria
  • Soil micro-organisms in Antartic dry valleys : resource supply and utilization
  • New insights into bacterial cell-wall structure and physico-chemistry: implications for interactions with metal ions and minerals
  • Horizontal gene transfer of metal homeostasis genes and its role in microbial communities of the deep terrestrial subsurface
  • Biosilicification : the role of cyanobacteria in silica sinter deposition
  • Metabolic diversity in the microbial world: relevance to exobiology
  • Biogeochemical cycling in polar, temperate and tropical coastal zones : similarities and differences
  • Fungal roles of function in rock, mineral and soil transformations
  • The deep intraterrestrial biosphere
  • Iron, nitrogen, phosphorus and zinc cycling and consequences for primary productivity in the oceans
  • Mechanisms and environmental impact of microbial metal reduction
  • New insights into the physiology and regulation of the anaerobic oxidation of methane
  • biogeochemical roles of fungi in marine and estuarine habitats
  • Role of micro-organisms in karstification