Environmental microbiology

Author(s)

• Pepper, Ian L.
• Gerba, Charles P.
• Gentry, Terry J.

Bibliographic Information

Environmental microbiology

Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, Terry J. Gentry

Academic Press, c2015

3rd ed

• : [hardcover]

Note

Previous edition: 2009

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Environmental Microbiology 2. Microorganisms Found in the Environment 3. Bacterial Growth 4. Earth Environments 5. Aeromicrobiology 6. Aquatic Environments 7. Extreme Environments 8. Environmental Sample Collection and Processing 9. Microscopic Techniques 10. Cultural Methods 11. Physiological Methods 12. Immunological Methods 13. Nucleic Acid-Based Methods of Detection 14. Microbial Source Tracking 15. Microbial Transport in the Subsurface 16. Biogeochemical Cycling 17. Micoorganisms and Organic Pollutants 18. Microorganisms and Metal Pollutants 19. Microbial Diversity and Interactions in Natural Ecosystems 20. Microbial Communitation: Bacteria-Bacteria and Bacteria-Host 21. Bioinformation and "Omic" Approaches to Characterization/Microbial Communities 22. Environmentally Transmitted Pathogens 23. Indicator Microorganisms 24. Risk Assessment 25. Municipal Wastewater Treatment 26. Land Application of Organic Residuals: Municipal Biosolids and Animal Manures 27. Recycled Water Treatment and Reuse 28. Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution 29. Disinfection 30. Domestic and Indoor Microbiology 31. Global Emerging Microbial Issues in the Anthropocene Era

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Details

• NCID: BB15873402
• ISBN:
  • 9780123946263
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 705 p.
• Size: 29 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 579.175
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Microbial ecology