The Prokaryotes Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology

The Prokaryotes Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology / edited by Edward F. DeLong, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt, Fabiano Thompson.

The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using the family level to delineate chapters. Different from other resources, this new Springer product inclu...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: DeLong, Edward F. (Editor), Lory, Stephen (Editor), Stackebrandt, Erko (Editor), Thompson, Fabiano (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:4th ed. 2013.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Microbiology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword.-About the Editors
  • List of Contributors
  • (Section 1) Prokaryotic Communities
  • The Structure and Function of Microbial Communities
  • Overview: Quantitative and Theoretical Microbial Population Biology
  • Structure and Function of Prokaryotic Communities in Soils of Polar and High-Elevation Deserts
  • Plant Rhizosphere Microbial Communities
  • Tropical Soil Bacterial Communities
  • Freshwater Microbial Communities
  • Pelagic Prokaryotic Communities Inhabiting Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones
  • Marine Deep Sediment Microbial Communities
  • Sea-Ice Microbiology
  • Coral Reef Microbial Communities
  • (Section 2) Ecophysiology: Planktonic Versus Sessile Life of Prokaryotes
  • The Phototrophic Way of Life
  • The Anaerobic Way of Life
  • The Chemolithotrophic Prokaryotes
  • Bacterial Swimming Behavior
  • Prokaryotic Life Cycles
  • Life at High Temperatures
  • Life at Low Temperatures
  • Life at High Salt Concentrations
  • Prokaryotic Alkaliphiles
  • Syntrophism Among Prokaryotes
  • Quorum Sensing
  • Cell-Cell Interactions in Swarming and in Fruiting Body Development.

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