The Prokaryotes : Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology - DeLong, Edward F.; Lory, Stephen; Stackebrandt, Erko.; Thompson, Fabiano; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Preface -- Foreword.-About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- (Section 1) Prokaryotic Communities -- The Structure and Function of Microbial Communities -- Overview: Quantitative and Theoretical Microbial Population Biology -- Structure and Function of Prokaryotic Communities in Soils of Polar and High-Elevation Deserts -- Plant Rhizosphere Microbial Communities -- Tropical Soil Bacterial Communities -- Freshwater Microbial Communities -- Pelagic Prokaryotic Communities Inhabiting Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones -- Marine Deep Sediment Microbial Communities -- Sea-Ice Microbiology -- Coral Reef Microbial Communities -- (Section 2) Ecophysiology: Planktonic Versus Sessile Life of Prokaryotes -- The Phototrophic Way of Life -- The Anaerobic Way of Life -- The Chemolithotrophic Prokaryotes -- Bacterial Swimming Behavior -- Prokaryotic Life Cycles -- Life at High Temperatures -- Life at Low Temperatures -- Life at High Salt Concentrations -- Prokaryotic Alkaliphiles -- Syntrophism Among Prokaryotes -- Quorum Sensing -- Cell-Cell Interactions in Swarming and in Fruiting Body Development.
Keywords: Microbiology; Microbiology