Bacterial Biogeochemistry: The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling

by Gary M. King, Henry Blackburn, Tom Fenchel

Book Overview

Bacterial Biogeochemistry, Second Edition 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. The scope of the new edition has broadened to provide a historical perspective, and covers in greater depth topics such as bioenergetic processes, characteristics of microbial communities,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0121034550
• ISBN13: 9780121034559
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"