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Environmental Microbiology,

Edition 2

Edited by Ian Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, Terry Gentry and Raina M. Maier

Publication Date: 19 Sep 2008

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For microbiology and environmental microbiology courses, this leading textbook builds on the academic success of the previous edition by including a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of environmental microbiology as a discipline that has grown in scope and interest in recent years. From environmental science and microbial ecology to topics in molecular genetics, this edition relates environmental microbiology to the work of a variety of life science, ecology, and environmental science investigators. The authors and editors have taken the care to highlight links between environmental microbiology and topics important to our changing world such as bioterrorism and national security with sections on practical issues such as bioremediation, waterborne pathogens, microbial risk assessment, and environmental biotechnology.

Key Features

WHY ADOPT THIS EDITION? New chapters on:

Urban Environmental Microbiology
Bacterial Communities in Natural Ecosystems
Global Change and Microbial Infectious Disease
Microorganisms and Bioterrorism
Extreme Environments (emphasizing the ecology of these environments)
Aquatic Environments (now devoted to its own chapter- was combined with Extreme Environments)

Updates to Methodologies:

Nucleic Acid -Based Methods: microarrays, phyloarrays, real-time PCR, metagomics, and comparative genomics
Physiological Methods: stable isotope fingerprinting and functional genomics and proteomics-based approaches
Microscopic Techniques: FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization) and atomic force microscopy
Cultural Methods: new approaches to enhanced cultivation of environmental bacteria
Environmental Sample Collection and Processing: added section on air sampling

About the author

Edited by Ian Pepper; Charles P. Gerba, Professor at the University of Arizona.; Terry Gentry, Professor of Soil and Aquatic Microbiology, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA and Raina M. Maier, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

ISBN: 9780123705198

Page Count: 624

Retail Price : £50.99

Advanced students, technicians, researchers, and consultants in environmental sciences, microbiology, environmental engineering, public health, biology, chemistry, and civil engineering

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