By Christon J. Hurst, Ronald L. Crawford, Jay L.
Garland, David A. Lipson, Aaron L. Mills, Linda D. Stetzenbach
The field of environmental microbiology addresses one of the
world’s most important areas of scientific research: the roles that microbes
play in all planetary environments. The Manual of Environmental
Microbiology, 3rd Edition is the only book to offer a comprehensive analysis of these
critical environments. Thoroughly updated and revised, this third edition
assembles in a single volume the most definitive information on microbes in
air, water, and soil and their impact on human health and welfare.
In accessible, clear prose, this manual describes the
natural activities and fate of microorganisms in the environment. This
wealth of information is divided into 101 chapters, each written by
experts. Five general areas detailed throughout this volume are: basic
principles of environmental microbiology, general analytical methodologies,
detection of microbial activity, the impact of microbial activity on the
environment, and detection and control of pathogens in the environment.
The Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 3rd
Edition will serve as an indispensable reference
for environmental microbiologists, microbial ecologists, and environmental
engineers, as well as those interested in human diseases, water and
wastewater treatment, and biotechnology.
Key Features of the third edition:
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Provides the single most comprehensive
discussion of environmental microbiology
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Incorporates a summary of the latest
methodology used to study the activity and fate of microorganisms in
various environments
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Synthesizes the latest information on the
assessment of microbial presence and microbial activity in natural and
artificial environments
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Contains a completely revamped section
covering biotransformation and biodegradation
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Incorporates an international perspective
with contributions from acknowledged experts in their respective fields
throughout the world
Contents
I.
Introduction to Environmental Microbiology
1. Introduction to Environmental Microbiology
2. Neighborhoods
and Community Involvement: No Microbe Is an Island
3. Prokaryotic
Diversity: Form, Ecophysiology, and Habitat
II. General
Methodology
4. Overview: General
Methodology
5. Analytical Imaging and Microscopy Techniques
6. Cultivation of Bacteria and Fungi
7. Cultivation of Algae and Protozoa
8. Cultivation and Assay of Animal Viruses
9. Cultivation of Microbial Consortia and Communities
10. Lipid Analyses for Viable Microbial Biomass, Community Composition,
Metabolic Status, and In Situ Metabolism
11. Physiological Profiling of Microbial Communities
12. Molecular Approaches for the Measurement of Density, Diversity, and
Phylogeny
13. Phylogenetic and Genomic Analysis
14. Bioreporters, Biosensors, and Microprobes
15. Ecology at Long-Term Research Sites: Integrating Microbes and
Ecosystems
16. Quality Assurance
17. Issues of Study Design and Statistical Analysis for Environmental
Microbiology
III. Water
Microbiology in Public Health
18. Overview of Water Microbiology as It Relates to Public Health
19. Waterborne Transmission of Infectious Agents
20. Detection of Microorganisms in Environmental Freshwaters and
Drinking Waters
21. Detection of Protozoan Parasites in Source and Finished Drinking
Water
22. Microbial Indicators of Marine Recreational Water Quality
23. Detection of Viruses in Environmental Waters, Sewage, and Sewage
Sludges
24. Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Wastewater and Sludge
25. Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria, Viruses, and Parasitic Protozoa in
Shellfish
26. Control of Microorganisms in Source Water and Drinking Water
27. Assessing the Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment
28. Modeling the Fate of Microorganisms in Water, Wastewater, and Soil
29. Estimating the Risk of Infectious Disease Associated with Pathogens
in Drinking Water
30. Toxic Photosynthetic Microbes
IV.
Aquatic Environments
31.
An Overview of Methodologies in
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
32.
Cultivating Microorganisms from
Dilute Aquatic Environments: Melding Traditional Methodology with New
Cultivation Techniques and Molecular Methods
33.
Primary Productivity and Producers
34.
Bacterial Secondary Productivity
35.
Community Structure: Bacteria and
Archaea
36.
Viral Community Structure
37.
Protistan Community Structure
38.
Decomposition and Fungal Community
Structure in Aquatic Environments
39.
Bacterial Organic Carbon Cycling
in Aquatic Environments
40.
Environmental Genomics of C1
Metabolism
41.
Sulfur Cycling
42.
Nitrogen Cycling in Aquatic
Environments
43.
The Marine Phosphorus Cycle
44.
Microbial Metal Cycling in Aquatic
Environments
45.
Biofilms on Living Surfaces
46.
Extreme High-Pressure Marine
Environments
V. Soil, Rhizosphere, and
Phyllosphere
47.
Introduction and Overview: Soil,
Rhizosphere, and Phyllosphere
48.
Surface Soil Microbial Sampling
Methods
49.
Application of Phylogenetic
Techniques in Studies of Soil Microbial Communities
50.
Sampling Viruses from Soil
51.
Isolation, Culture, and Detection
of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
52.
Isolation, In Planta Detection,
and Uses of Endophytic Bacteria for Plant Protection
53.
Methods of Soil Microbial
Community Analysis
54.
Microarrays: Design and Use for
Agricultural and Environmental Applications
55.
PCR: Agricultural and
Environmental Applications for Soil Microbes
56.
Quantification of Nitrogen
Transformations
57.
Quantifying the Metabolic Activity
of Soil- and Plant-Associated Microbes
58.
Soil Enzymes: Linking Proteomics
and Ecological Processes
59.
Use of Immunofluorescence
Microscopy and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Combined with CMEIAS and
Other Image Analysis Tools To Study the Autecology of Soil- and
Plant-Associated Microbes
60.
Reporter Gene Systems Useful in
Evaluating In Situ Gene Expression by Soil- and Plant-Associated Bacteria
61.
Identifying Microorganisms
Involved in Specific In Situ Functions: Experimental Design Considerations
for rRNA Gene-Based Population Studies and Sequence-Selective PCR Assays
62.
Mobile Gene Elements in
Environmental Microbial Communities
63.
Microorganisms Associated with
Soil Arthropods
64.
Lipid Fingerprinting of Soil
Microbial Communities
VI. Subsurface
and Landfills
65.
Overview of Issues in Subsurface
and Landfill Microbiology
66.
Drilling, Coring, and Sampling
Subsurface Environments
67.
Anaerobic Decomposition of Refuse
in Landfills and Methane Oxidation in Landfill Covers
68.
Biogeochemistry of Aquifer Systems
69.
Determining the Terminal
Electron-Accepting Reaction in the Saturated Subsurface
70.
Transport of Microorganisms in the
Terrestrial Subsurface: In Situ and Laboratory Methods
71.
Oil Field Microbiology
72.
Placement of Drinking Water Wells
and Their Protection
VII. Aerobiology
73.
Introduction to Aerobiology
74.
Sampling for Airborne
Microorganisms
75.
Analysis of Bioaerosol Samples
76.
Fate and Transport of
Microorganisms in Air
77.
Airborne Fungi and Mycotoxins
78.
Airborne Bacteria and Endotoxin
79.
Legionellae and Legionnaires’
Disease
80.
Airborne Viruses
81.
Aerobiology of Agricultural
Pathogens
VIII. Biotransformation
and Biodegradation
82.
Overview: Biotransformation and
Biodegradation
83.
Functional Gene Arrays for
Microbial Community Analysis
84.
Methods for Soil Metagenomics:
Extraction and Cloning of Soil DNA
85.
Using Genetic Algorithms To
Optimize Functions of Microbial Ecosystems
86.
Metagenomic Methods for the
Identification of Active Microorganisms and Genes in Biodegradation
Processes
87.
Proteomic Analysis of
Extracellular Enzymes Produced by Wood-Degrading Fungi
88.
Current Progress in the
Application of Mycoremediation to Soil Cleanup
89.
Fungal Solid-State Fermentation
Systems for Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass: Process Protocol and
Applications
90.
Characterization of Microeukaryota
in Natural Environments
91.
Methods Useful in Assessing
Biological and Chemical Activity of Low-Molecular-Weight Brown Rot Fungal
Metabolites
92.
Techniques for Studying Uncultured
and Cultured Magnetotactic Bacteria
93.
Growth of Electrode-Reducing
Bacteria
94.
Microbially Mediated Anaerobic
Iron (II) Oxidation at Circumneutral pH
95.
Isolation, Enumeration, Growth,
and Preservation of Acidophilic Prokaryotes
96.
Molecular Techniques for the Study
of Toxic Metal Resistance Mechanisms in Bacteria
97.
Synchrotron-Based Techniques for
Monitoring Metal Transformations
98.
Techniques for Studying Microbial
Transformations of Metals and Radionuclides
99.
Arsenate-Respiring Bacteria
100. Biotransformations
of Manganese
101. Microbial
Fe (III) Reduction: Ecological and Physiological Considerations
