| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 606 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front cover -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Authors -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Earth as a Microbial Habitat -- Chapter 3. Origin of Life and Its Early History -- Chapter 4. Lithosphere as Microbial Habitat -- Chapter 5. The Hydrosphere as Microbial Habitat -- Chapter 6. Geomicrobial Processes: Physiological and Biochemical Overview -- Chapter 7. Nonmolecular Methods in Geomicrobiology -- Chapter 8. Molecular Methods in Geomicrobiology -- Chapter 9. Microbial Formation and Degradation of Carbonates -- Chapter 10. Geomicrobial Interactions with Silicon -- Chapter 11. Geomicrobiology of Aluminum: Microbes and Bauxite -- Chapter 12. Geomicrobial Interactions with Phosphorus -- Chapter 13. Geomicrobially Important Interactions with Nitrogen -- Chapter 14. Geomicrobial Interactions with Arsenic and Antimony -- Chapter 15. Geomicrobiology of Mercury -- Chapter 16. Geomicrobiology of Iron -- Chapter 17. Geomicrobiology of Manganese -- Chapter 18. Geomicrobial Interactions with Chromium, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Uranium, Polonium, and Plutonium -- Chapter 19. Geomicrobiology of Sulfur -- Chapter 20. Biogenesis and Biodegradation of Sulfide Minerals at Earth's Surface -- Chapter 21. Geomicrobiology of Selenium and Tellurium -- Chapter 22. Geomicrobiology of Fossil Fuels -- Index -- Back cover |
| Summary |
Featuring findings on the expanding microbial habitat, this work explores the role that microbes have played in specific geological processes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Geomicrobiology.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Geophysics.
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Geomicrobiology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Newman, Dianne K.
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| LC no. |
2008029570 |
| ISBN |
9780849379079 |
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0849379075 |
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