Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors' Preface
- 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 Antarctic 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 and 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
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Editors' Preface
- 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 Antarctic 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 and 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
- Index
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- Micro-organisms and Earth Systems , pp. 365 - 376Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005