The Prokaryotes : Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: DeLong, Edward F. (Editor), Lory, Stephen. (Editor), Stackebrandt, Erko. (Editor), Thompson, Fabiano. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:4th ed. 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.