Bacterial Biogeochemistry: The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling, Fourth Edition discusses the influence of bacterial activity on the chemical environment of the biosphere. Following the success of previous editions, this update focuses on bacterial metabolism and its relevance to the environment, including the decomposition of soil, food chains, nitrogen fixation, assimilation, and reduction of carbon nitrogen and sulfur, and microbial symbiosis. All chapters have been revised and brought up-to-date in light of the many advances and discoveries that have taken place during the last decade. The scope of the new edition has broadened to provide a review of the processes and phenomena that are relevant for global change feedback loops and advances in bacterial biogeochemical cycles.
Table of Contents
1. Bacterial Metabolism2. Transport Mechanisms
3. Degradation of Organic Polymers and Hydrocarbons
4. Comparison of Element Cycles
5. The Water Column (Marine and Freshwater)
6. Biogeochemical Cycling in Soils
7. Aquatic Sediments
8. Microbial Biogeochemistry and Extreme Environments
9. Symbiotic Systems
10. Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling and the Atmosphere
11. Origins and Evolution of Biogeochemical Cycles
12. Bacterial Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene
