Topics in Ecological and Environmental Microbiology

<p>Part I. Microbial Ecology</p> <ul> <li>Principles of Microbial Ecology</li> <li>Microbial Food Webs </li> <li>Biofilms</li> <li>Microbial Mats</li> <li>Horizontal Gene Transfer: Uptake of Extracellular DNA by Bacteria  </li> <li>Picoeukaryotes </li> <li>Algal Blooms </li> <li>Environmental Viral Pool</li> <li>Aeromicrobiology</li> <li>Endophytic Microbes</li></ul> <p>Part II. Metabolism and Behavior of Diverse Microbes </p> <ul> <li>Methanogenesis </li> <li>Methanotrophy</li> <li>Microbial Photosynthesis</li> <li>Regulation of Carbon Assimilation </li> <li>Microbial Resistance to Heavy Metals</li> <li>Microbial Adhesion</li> <li>Bacterial Bioluminescence </li> <li>Magnetotaxis</li> <li>Quorum Sensing</li> <li>Chemotaxis </li></ul> <p>Part III. Microbial Habitats </p> <ul> <li>Acid Environments</li> <li>Hot environments</li> <li>Cold Environments</li> <li>Dry Environments (including Cryptoendoliths)</li> <li>Marine Habitats</li> <li>High-Pressure Habitats</li> <li>The Deep Sub-surface</li> <li>Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents</li> <li>Freshwater Habitats</li> <li>Low-Nutrient Environments</li> <li>Sediment Habitats </li> <li>The Rhizosphere</li></ul> <p>Part IV. Biogeochemical Cycles and their Consequences</p> <ul> <li>The Nitrogen Cycle</li> <li>The Phosphorus cycle</li> <li>The Sulfur Cycle</li> <li>Cycling of Some Redox-Active Metals</li> <li>Heavy Metal Pollutants: Environmental and Biotechnological Aspects </li></ul> <p>Part V. Biotechnological Topics</p> <ul> <li>Biodeterioration-including Cultural Heritage </li> <li>Bisensors </li> <li>Gnotiobiotic and Axenic Animals </li> <li>Microbial Corrosion </li> <li>Petroleum Microbiology </li> <li>Metal Extraction and Biomining </li> <li>Industrial Water Treatment </li> <li>Wastewater Treatment of Non-Infectious Hazards </li> <li>Drinking Water </li> <li>Spacecraft Associated Microbes </li> <li>Biological Warfare </li></ul>