Energetics of Microbial Growth

By Edwin H. Battley

Applies thermodynamics to the analysis of microbial growth and shows how it can be used for a precise analysis of the energetics of the growth process. Describes the development of theories on the energy changes that accompany microbial growth. Beginning with a review of the thermodynamic principles, the text approaches the description of microbial growth and energy changes historically and charts the progress from the fields' earliest beginnings to the present. Provides a useful perspective to theories about the evolution of life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471084921
• ISBN13: 9780471084921
• Release Date: February 1987
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 450 Pages