Interfaces in Microbial Ecology

by K.C. Marshall

Natural microbial habitats include various interfaces--liquid-liquid, gas-liquid, solid-liquid, and solid-gas. An interface, the boundary between two phases, has physical and chemical properties that differ from those of either phase. Bacteria, yeasts, and algae often concentrate at interfaces, and the ability of microorganisms to exploit resources in their environment may be markedly affected by the nature of the available interfaces. Included...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067442333X
• ISBN13: 9780674423336
• Release Date: February 1976
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"