Molecular Ecology of Aquatic Microbes

ISBN-13: 9783642799259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 415 str.

Ian Joint

Opis

This book is concerned with new applications of molecular biology techniques to aquatic microbiology and demonstrates the potential to solve some intractable problems. It deals in depth with topics ranging from the ability of molecular techniques to characterize assemblages of microorganisms which cannot be cultured, to novel ways to measure rates of production. In addition to the chapters which emphasize the molecular approach, a number of contributions, written by eminent aquatic microbiologists, highlight important processes that are making rapid progress.

Spis treści

The Potential of Molecular Ecology.- Towards Understanding the Molecular Ecology of Phytoplankton Photosynthesis.- Bacteria in Oceanic Carbon Cycling as a Molecular Problem.- The Role and Regulation of Microbes in Sediment Nitrogen Cycle.- Functional and Taxonomic Probes for Bacteria in the Nitrogen Cycle.- The Role of Mixotrophy in Pelagic Environments.- Successional Change in the Planktonic Vegetation: Species, Structures, Scales.- Can Molecular Techniques Change Our Ideas About the Species Concept?.- How Do Cyanobacteria Perceive and Adjust to Their Environment?.- How Do Cells Express Nutrient Limitation at the Molecular Level?.- The Problem of Excess and/or Limitation of the Habitat Conditions: Do Natural Assemblages Exist?.- Signal Transduction in Microorganisms.- Microbial Diversity in Oceanic Systems: rRNA Approaches to the Study of Unculturable Microbes.- Viruses — the New Players in the Game; Their Ecological Role and Could They Mediate Genetic Exchange by Transduction?.- Molecular Analysis of Plastid Evolution.- Can We Estimate Bacterial Growth Rates from Ribosomal RNA Content?.- The Cell Cycle of Phytoplankton: Coupling Cell Growth to Population Growth.- Response of Photosynthetic Microorganisms to Changing Ambient Concentration of CO2.- Nitrogen Fixation in the Sea: Why Only Trichodesmium?.- Molecular Ecology of Marine Methanotrophs.- Microbial Cultures and Natural Populations.- List of Participants.