Designed for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students,
and environmental professionals, this book builds upon the
tremendous success of the previous editions with a comprehensive
and up-to-date discussion of environmental microbiology as a
discipline that has greatly expanded in scope and interest over the
past several decades. From terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to
urban and indoor environments, this edition relates environmental
microbiology to a variety of life science, ecology, and
environmental science topics including biogeochemical cycling,
bioremediation, environmental transmission of pathogens, microbial
risk assessment, and drinking water treatment and reuse. The final
chapter highlights several emerging issues including microbial
remediation of marine oil spills, microbial contributions to global
warming, impact of climate change on microbial infectious disease,
and the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
New chapters on: Microbial Diversity and Interactions in Natural
Ecosystems (previous chapter on bacterial diversity expanded to
include microbial ecology and interactions) Bioinformation and Omic
Approaches for Characterization of Environmental Microorganisms
Microbial Source Tracking Land Application of Organic Residuals:
Municipal Biosolids and Animal Manures Recycled Water Treatment and
Reuse Global Emerging Microbial Issues in the Anthropocene Era
Updates to Other Chapters: Cultural Methods: new cutting-edge
approaches for isolating difficult-to-culture microorganisms
Nucleic Acid-Based Methods: new text and graphics for a variety of
methods including microarrays, quantitative PCR, and metagenomics
Aquatic Environments: completely revised chapter Microorganisms and
Metal Pollutants: new material on metal speciation and
bioremediation Microorganisms and Organic Pollutants: updated
discussion on anaerobic degradation of halogenated compounds and
bioaugmentation-based remediation of contaminated groundwater
Microbial Communication: new sections on bacterial communication
with eukaryotic hosts New graphics, case studies, and information
boxes throughout
More Features: Introductory chapters provide foundational
background in microbiology, microbial environments, and
methodologies Presents state-of-the-art research results with key,
recent references to document information Emphasizes critical
information using Information Boxes throughout Includes real-world
case studies to illustrate concepts, along with frequent use of
graphics, cartoons and photographs Offers questions at the end of
each chapter designed to test key concepts Lecture slides available
for instructors online"
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