Their World: A Diversity of Microbial Environments
This volume summarizes recent advances in environmental microbiology by providing fascinating insights into the diversity of microbial life that exists on our planet. The first two chapters present theoretical perspectives that help to consolidate our understanding of evolution as an adaptive proces...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016 |
| Series: | Advances in Environmental Microbiology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Towards a unified understanding of evolution, habitat and niche
- Defining the concept of a species physiological boundaries and barriers
- Microbes and the fossil record - selected topics in paleomicrobiology
- Endolithic microorganisms and their habitats
- The snotty and the stringy: energy for subsurface life in caves
- Microbiology of the deep continental biosphere
- Microbiology of the deep subsurface geosphere and its implications for used nuclear fuel repositories
- Life in hypersaline environments
- Microbes and the arctic ocean