Biodiversity of microbial life : foundation of Earth's biosphere / edited by James T. Staley, Anna-Louise Reysenbach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Staley, James T., 1938-

Reysenbach, Anna-Louise.

Series:

Wiley series in ecological and applied microbiology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbial ecology.

Bacterial diversity.

Microorganisms--Evolution.

Microorganisms.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 552 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley-Liss, [2002]

Summary:

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Contents:

Perspective: Microbiology in Transition / Carl R. Woese xvii

I. Evolution and Diversity of Microorganisms in Ecosystems 1

1 A Microbiological Perspective of Biodiversity / James T. Staley 3

2 Natural History of Microorganisms Inhabiting Hot Spring Microbial Mat Communities: Clues to the Origin of Microbial Diversity and Implications for Microbiology and Macrobiology / David M. Ward, R. Thane Papke, Ulrich Nubel, Mary C. McKitrick 25

3 Microbial Mats and Biofilms: Evolution, Structure, and Function of Fixed Microbial Communities / Andreas P. Teske, David Stahl 49

II. Physiological and Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms 101

4 Evolution of Energy Metabolism / John A. Leigh 103

5 Evolution and Diversity of Photosynthethic Prokaryotes / Beverly K. Pierson 121

6 Diversity of Microbial Heterotrophic Metabolism / Jerome J. Perry 155

III. Microbial Diversity of Major Ecosystems 181

7 Exploring the Diversity of Soil

A Microbial Rain Forest / Daniel H. Buckley, Thomas M. Schmidt 183

8 Marine Prokaryote Diversity / Marcelino T. Suzuki, Edward F. DeLong 209

IV. Biodiversity and Role of Microorganisms in Plant and Animal Symbioses 235

9 Plant-Microbe Symbioses: An Evolutionary Survey / Robert M. Goodman, Jeremy B. Weisz 237

10 Insights from Insect-Microbe Symbioses / Matthew D. Kane, Ulrich G. Mueller 289

11 Getting in Touch with Your Prokaryotic Self: Mammal-Microbe Interactions / Abigail A. Salyers, Joseph A. Shipman 315

V. Microbial Diversity of Extreme Environments 343

12 Microbial Diversity of Marine and Terrestrial Thermal Springs / Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Dorothee Gotz, Dinesh Yernool 345

13 And Some Like it Cold: Sea Ice Microbiology / James T. Staley, Karen Junge, Jody Deming 423

14 The Deep Subsurface Biosphere / Todd O. Stevens 439

VI. Microbial Diversity, Biotechnology and the Future of Biodiversity 475

15 Exploiting Microbial Diversity / Austin Kuo, George M. Garrity 477

16 The Future of Microbial Diversity Research / Rita R. Colwell 521.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471254339

OCLC:

48110265

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