Environmental microbiology research trends.978160021939XEnvironmental microbiology Environmental microbiology is the study of the composition and physiology of microbial communities in the environment. The environment in this case means the soil, water, air and sediments covering the planet and can also include the animals and plants that inhabit these areas. research trends. Ed. by George V George V, king of Great Britain and Ireland George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert), 1865–1936, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1910–36), second son and successor of Edward VII. . Kurladze. Nova Science Publishers 2007 307 pages $129.00 Hardcover QR100 With a mix of the theoretical and practical, this review of research on the interaction of microorganisms with the environment includes studies on the structure, activities and communal behavior of microbial microbial pertaining to or emanating from a microbe. microbial digestion the breakdown of organic material, especially feedstuffs, by microbial organisms. communities. Topics include the assessing soil remediation, disinfecting empty animal houses, evaluation of bacterial biofilms in the environment, conducting microbial and chemical assays to identify pollution and pathogens, verifying the effects of environmental variation on the structure of microbial communities, measuring and treating bacterial populations in ships' ballast water, investigating eukaryotic eukaryotic /eu·kary·ot·ic/ (u?kar-e-ot´ik) pertaining to a eukaryon or to a eukaryote. eukaryotic pertaining to eukaryosis. eukaryotic cells see cell. organisms in extremely acidic environments, determining if rhizobium rhi·zo·bi·um n. pl. rhi·zo·bi·a Any of various nitrogen-fixing bacteria of the genus Rhizobium that form nodules on the roots of leguminous plants, such as clover and beans. and soil enzymes are good indicators of heavy metal contamination of soil, monitoring marine bacterial pollution, and applying research in virus-binding proteins in surveying for human viruses. References are generally up-to-date but readers should verify data independently. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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