The Structure and Function of Aquatic Microbial Communities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Understanding Aquatic Microbial Communities

   • Christon J. Hurst

   Pages 1-12

3. Relationship Between Lifestyle and Structure of Bacterial Communities and Their Functionality in Aquatic Systems

   • Luca Zoccarato, Hans Peter Grossart

   Pages 13-52

4. Biofilms: Besieged Cities or Thriving Ports?

   • Otini Kroukamp, Elanna Bester, Gideon M. Wolfaardt

   Pages 53-90

5. Complex Structure but Simple Function in Microbial Mats from Antarctic Lakes

   • Ian Hawes, Dawn Sumner, Anne D. Jungblut

   Pages 91-120

6. Fungal Decomposers in Freshwater Environments

   • Vladislav Gulis, Rong Su, Kevin A. Kuehn

   Pages 121-155

7. The Ecology of Methanogenic Archaea in a Nutrient-Impacted Wetland

   • Andrew Ogram, Hee-Sung Bae, Ashvini Chauhan

   Pages 157-172

8. Briefly Summarizing Our Understanding of Vibrio cholerae and the Disease Cholera

   • Christon J. Hurst

   Pages 173-184

9. Options for Providing Microbiologically Safe Drinking Water

   • Christon J. Hurst

   Pages 185-260

10. Microbiome of Drinking Water Distribution Systems

    • Laurence Mathieu, Tony Paris, Jean-Claude Block

    Pages 261-311

11. Isolation and Cultivation of Bacteria

    • Martin W. Hahn, Ulrike Koll, Johanna Schmidt

    Pages 313-351

This book discusses how aquatic microbial communities develop interactive metabolic coordination both within and between species to optimize their energetics. It explains that microbial community structuration often includes functional stratification among a multitude of organisms that variously exist either suspended in the water, lodged in sediments, or bound to one another as biofilms on solid surfaces.  The authors describe techniques that can be used for preparing and distributing microbiologically safe drinking water, which presents the challenge of successfully removing the pathogenic members of the aquatic microbial community and then safely delivering that water to consumers.  Drinking water distribution systems have their own microbial ecology, which we must both understand and control in order to maintain the safety of the water supply.  Since studying aquatic microorganisms often entails identifying them, the book also discusses techniques for successfully isolating and cultivating bacteria. As such, it appeals to microbiologists, microbial ecologists and water quality scientists.

• Bacteria
• Bacterial Communities
• Drinking Water
• Drinking Water Distribution Systems
• Fungal Decomposers
• Methanogenic Archaea
• Microbial Assemblages
• Microbial Biofilms
• Microbial Diversity
• Microbial Mats
• Vibrio cholerae
• marine and freshwater sciences

• Cincinnati, USA

  Christon J. Hurst

​Christon J. Hurst

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 

and 

Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Valle, Colombia

e-mail: christonjhurst@fuse.net

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