Microbial diversity and ecosystem function : proceedings of the IUBS/IUMS Workshop held at Egham, UK, 10-13 August 1993 in support of the IUBS/UNESCO/SCOPE `DIVERSITAS' Programme
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Microbial diversity and ecosystem function : proceedings of the IUBS/IUMS Workshop held at Egham, UK, 10-13 August 1993 in support of the IUBS/UNESCO/SCOPE `DIVERSITAS' Programme
CAB International in association with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), c1995
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Description
Microorganisms are key components in the functioning of ecosystems and the importance of their role is being increasingly recognized. In this volume, more than thirty contributors, invited from around the world, cover a wide range of topics: the extent of microbial diversity, the impact of microorganisms on global ecology and nutrient cycling, microorganisms and ecosystem maintenance, extremophiles, inventorying and monitoring microorganisms and the microbiology resource base. The book is based on papers presented at an IUBS/IUMS/SCOPE/UNEP-sponsored workshop on Microorganisms and the Maintenance of Biodiversity held in the UK in August 1993. It provides an up-to-date review of concepts and concerns in this increasingly important area of biodiversity studies, and will interest a wide range of ecologists and microbiologists.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Microbial Concept 1: The microbial species concept and biodiversity R R Colwell 2: Microorganisms: A concept in need of clarification or one now to be rejected? G A Zavarzin Part II: The Extent of Microbial Diversity 3: Described and estimated species numbers: An objective assessment of current knowledge P M Hammond 4: Approaches to the comprehensive evaluation of prokaryote diversity of a habitat J M Tiedje 5: Identifying and culturing the 'unculturables': A challenge for microbiologists N Ward et al. Part III: The Impact of Microorganisms on Global Ecology and Nutrient Cycling 6: A neglected carbon sink? Biodegradation of rocks W E Krumbein 7: Lichens in Southern hemisphere temperate rainforest and their role in maintenance of biodiversity D J Galloway 8: Mineral cycling by microorganisms: Iron bacteria D B Johnson 9: The potential importance of biodiversity in environmental biotechnology applications: Bioremediation of PAH-contaminated soils and sediments P H Pritchard et al. Part IV: Microorganisms and Ecosystem Maintenance 10: Bacterial biodiversity and ecosystem maintenance: An overview A Bianchi and M Bianchi 11: Ecological role of microphytic soil crusts in arid ecosystems S D Warren 12: The diversity of microorganisms associated with marine invertebrates and their roles in the maintenance of ecosystems D L Santavy 13: Fungi, a vital component of ecosystem function in woodland A D M Rayner Part V: Microorganisms in Extreme Environments 14: Molecular biology of alkaliphiles T Hamamoto and K Korikoshi 15: Thermophilic fungi in desert soils: A neglected extreme environment J Mouchacca 16: Biodiversity of the rock inhabiting microflora with special reference to black fungi and black yeasts C Urzi et al. Part VI: Inventorying and Monitoring Microorganisms 17: Statistics, biodiversity and microorganisms E Russek-Cohen and D Jacobs 18: Traditional methods of detecting and selecting functionally important microorganisms from the soil and the rhizophere F A A M de Leij et al. 19: Problems in measurements of species diversity of macrofungi E Arnolds 20: Inventorying microfungi on tropical plants P M Kirk 21: Viral biodiversity M H V van Regenmortel 22: The exploration of prokaryotic diversity employing taxonomy J Swings 23: International biodiversity initiatives and the global biodiversity assessment (GBA) V H Heywood Part VII: The Resource Base in Microbiology 24: Living reference collections H Sugawara and Jun-Cai Ma 25: Dried reference collections as a microbiological resource D W Minter 26: Microorganisms, indigenous intellectual property rights and the convention on biodiversity J Kelley 27: Extent and development of the human resource E J DaSilva 28: Biodiversity information transfer: Some existing initiatives and how to link them B Kirsop and V Canhos 29: Indigenous rhizobia populations in East and Southern Africa: A network approach N K N Karanja et al. 30: Progress in the synthesis and delivery of information on the diversity of known bacteria J G Holt et al.
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