Environmental microbiology

By: Pepper, Ian L [Author]Contributor(s): Gerba, Charles P | Gentry, Terry JMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London :Includes index Academic Press : Imprint of Elsevier, 2015Edition: Third editionDescription: xxii, 705 pages : color illustrationsISBN: 9780123946263; 0123946263Subject(s): Microbial ecology | Environmental MicrobiologyDDC classification: 579.17 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Introduction to environmental microbiology -- Microorganisms found in the environment -- Bacterial growth -- Earth environments -- Aeromicrobiology -- Aquatic environments -- Extreme environments -- Environmental sample collection and processing -- Microscopic techniques -- Cultural methods -- Physiological methods -- Immunological methods -- Nucleic acid-based methods of analysis -- Microbial source tracking -- Microbial transport in the subsurface -- Biogeochemical cycling -- Microorganisms and organic pollutants -- Microorganisms and metal pollutants -- Microbial diversity and interactions in natural ecosystems -- Microbial communication : bacteria/bacteria and bacteria/hose -- Bioinformation and 'omic approaches for characterization of environmental microorganisms -- Environmentally transmitted pathogens -- Indicator microorganisms -- Risk assessment -- Municipal wastewater treatment -- Land application of organic residuals : municipal biosolids and animal manures -- Recycled water treatment and reuse -- Drinking water treatment and distribution -- Disinfection -- Domestic and indoor microbiology -- Global emerging microbial issues in the Anthropocene Era.
Summary: "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"--Page 4 of cover.
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Includes index

Introduction to environmental microbiology -- Microorganisms found in the environment -- Bacterial growth -- Earth environments -- Aeromicrobiology -- Aquatic environments -- Extreme environments -- Environmental sample collection and processing -- Microscopic techniques -- Cultural methods -- Physiological methods -- Immunological methods -- Nucleic acid-based methods of analysis -- Microbial source tracking -- Microbial transport in the subsurface -- Biogeochemical cycling -- Microorganisms and organic pollutants -- Microorganisms and metal pollutants -- Microbial diversity and interactions in natural ecosystems -- Microbial communication : bacteria/bacteria and bacteria/hose -- Bioinformation and 'omic approaches for characterization of environmental microorganisms -- Environmentally transmitted pathogens -- Indicator microorganisms -- Risk assessment -- Municipal wastewater treatment -- Land application of organic residuals : municipal biosolids and animal manures -- Recycled water treatment and reuse -- Drinking water treatment and distribution -- Disinfection -- Domestic and indoor microbiology -- Global emerging microbial issues in the Anthropocene Era.

"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"--Page 4 of cover.

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