Modern Soil Microbiology, Third Edition

ISBN-13: 9781032093048 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 500 str.

Jan Dirk Van Elsas; Jack T. Trevors; Alexandre Soares Rosado

Opis

Following the tradition of its predecessors, Modern Soil Microbiology, Third Edition, is an indispensable source that supports graduate/undergraduate teaching for soil and environmental microbiologists in academia, as well as in government and industrial laboratories.

Spis treści

Fundamental Chapters. The Soil Environment. The Seven Grand Questions on Soil Microbiology (Selman A. Waksman, Reexamined by Arthur D. McLaren). The Soil Microbiome--An Overview. The Bacteria and Archaea in Soil. The Fungi in Soil. The Viruses in Soil--Potential Roles, Activities, and Impacts. Horizontal Gene Transfer and Microevolution in Soil. The Protists in Soil--A Token of Untold Eukaryotic Diversity. Microbial Interactions in Soil. Plant-Associated Bacteria and the Rhizosphere. Microorganisms Cycling Soil Nutrients. Methods Chapters. Methods to Determine Bacterial Abundance, Localization, and General Metabolic Activity in Soil. Soil Microbiome Data Analysis. Soil Metagenomics: Deciphering the Soil Microbial Gene Pool. Analysis of Transcriptomes to Assess Expression and Activity Patterns of the Soil Microbiome. Metaproteomics of Soil Microbial Communities. Stable Isotope Probing--Detection of Active Microbes in Soil. Isolation of Uncultured Bacteria. Statistical Analyses of Microbiological and Environmental Data. Applied Chapters. Soil Microbial Communities and Global Change. Soil Suppressiveness to Plant Diseases. Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria in Agricultural and Stressed Soils. Biodegradation and Bioremediation of of Organic Pollutants in Soil. The Impact of Metal Contamination on Soil Microbial Community Dynamics. Management Strategies for Soil Used for Cultivation, Including Modulation of the Soil Microbiome.

O autorze

Jan Dirk van Elsas, Jack T. Trevors, Alexandre Soares Rosado, Paolo Nannipieri