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. 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.

SECTION 1 -- REVIEW OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS -- 1. Introduction to Environmental Microbiology (Maier, Pepper, Gerba) -- 2. Microorganisms (Roane, Maier) -- 3. Bacterial Growth (Maier) -- SECTION 2 -- MICROBIAL ENVIRONMENTS -- 4. Earth Environments (Maier, Pepper) -- 5. Aeromicrobiology (Pepper, Dowd) -- 6. Aquatic Environments(Maier, Sandrin, Dowd, Herman) -- 7. Extreme Environments(Maier) -- SECTION 3 -- DETECTION, ENUMERATION, AND INDENTIFICATION -- 8. Environmental Sample Collection & Processing (Pepper, Gerba, Maier) -- 9. Microscopic Techniques (Roane, Pepper, Maier) -- 10. Cultural Methods (Gerba, Pepper) -- 11. Physiological Methods (Sandrin, Herman, Maier) -- 12. Immunological Methods (Dowd, Maier) -- 13. Nucleic Acid-Based Methods of Analysis(Newby, Maier) -- SECTION 4 -- MICROBIAL COMMUNICATION, ACTIVITIES, AND INTERACTIONS WITH ENVIRONMENT AND NUTRIENT CYCLING -- 14. Biogeochemical Cycling (Maier) -- 15. Consequences of Biogeochemical Cycles Gone Wild (Maier, Herman) -- 16. Microbial Communication: Bacteria/Bacteria and Bacteria/Host (Pierson) -- 17. Bacterial Communities in Natural Ecosystems (Maier, Pepper) -- 18. Global Change and Microbial Infectious Disease (Pepper, Gerba) -- 19. Microbial Transport(Newby, Pepper, Maier) -- SECTION 5 -- REMEDIATION OF ORGANIC AND METAL POLLUTANTS -- 20. Microorganisms and Organic Pollutants (Maier)21. Microorganisms and Metal Pollutants (Roane, Rensing, Pepper, Maier) -- SECTION 6 -- WATER- AND FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS -- 22. Environmentally Transmitted Pathogens (Gerba) -- 23. Indicator Microorganisms (Gerba) -- SECTION 7 -- WASTE TREATMENT AND DISINFECTION -- 24. Wastewater Treatment and Biosolids Reuse (Gerba, Pepper) -- 25. Drinking Water Treatment (Gerba) -- 26. Disinfection (Gerba) -- SECTION 8 -- URBAN MICROBIOLOGY -- 27. Domestic and Indoor Microbiology (Gerba, Pepper) -- 28. Microorganisms and Bioterrorism (Pepper, Choi, Gerba) -- 30. Risk Assessment(Gerba).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to environmental microbiology / Raina M. Maier, Ian L. Pepper and Charles P. Gerba -- Microorganisms / Timberley M. Roane [and others] -- Bacterial growth / Raina M. Maier -- Earth environments / Raina M. Maier and Ian L. Pepper -- Aeromicrobiology / Ian L. Pepper and Scot E. Dowd -- Aquatic environments / Todd R. Sandrin [and others] -- Extreme environments / Raina M. Maier -- Environmental sample collection and processing / Ian L. Pepper, Charles P. Gerba and Raina M. Maier -- Microscopic Techniques / Timberley M. Roane, Ian L. Pepper and Raina M. Maier -- Cultural methods / Ian L. Pepper and Charles P. Gerba -- Physiological methods / Todd R. Sandrin, David C. Herman and Raina M. Maier -- Immunological methods / Scot E. David, Marilyn J. Halonen, and Raina M. Maier --Nucleic acid-based methods of analysis / Deborah T. Newby, Elizabeth M. Marlowe and Raina M. Maier -- Biogeochemical Cycling / Raina M. Maier -- Consequences of biogeochemical cycles gone wild / David C. Herman and Raina M. Maier -- Microbial communication: bacteria-bacteria and bacteria-host / Leland S. Pierson III, Raina M. Maier, and Ian L. Pepper -- Bacterial communities in natural ecosystems / Raina M. Maier and Ian L. Pepper -- Global change and microbial infectious disease / Ian L. Pepper and Charles P. Gerba -- Microbial transport / Deborah T. Newby, Ian L. Pepper and Raina M. Maier -- Microorganisms and organic pollutants / Raina M. Maier -- Microorganisms and metal pollutants / Timberley M. Roane [and others] -- Environmentally transmitted pathogens / Charles P. Gerba -- Indicator microorganisms / Charles P. Gerba -- Wastewate treatment and biosolids reuse / Charles P. Gerba and Ian L. Pepper -- Drinking water treatment / Charles P. Gerba -- Disinfection / Charles P. Gerba -- Domestic and indoor microbiology / Charles P. Gerba and Ian L. Pepper -- Microorganisms and bioterrorism / Ian L. Pepper, Christopher Y. Choi and Charles P. Gerba -- Risk assessment / Charles P. Gerb.

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