Overview
- Combines knowledge on sub-aquatic and sub-aerial biofilms and their products (stromatolites, oolites, ore, petroleum and gas deposits)
- Describes how formation and degradation of minerals and rocks is achieved through biofilm formation on and in sediments, soils and rocks
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"Fossil and Recent Biofilms provides a smørgasbord of data on microbial communities. Students of microbial ecology, evolution, biogeochemistry, and sedimentary geology will all find this volume valuable. Those who would integrate these disciplines will find it indispensable."
(Andrew H. Knoll, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA)
"Virtually all the world's experts in the area of ancient and fossil biofilms contributed to a 33 chapter compendium that offers something for everyone. The subjects range from definitions of terms, to the history and philosophy of biofilms, to the implications of biofilms for the evolution of microbes, the evolution of the Earth, and even the search for extraterrestrial life. The preface by Costerton and Stoodley is quite valuable in contrasting the "old" of this compendium with some of the "new" developments that are happening now, and even on the horizon. In the preface, biofilms are viewed as dynamic, evolving communities - sites for horizontal gene transfer and community adaptation and gene-swapping."
(Ken Nealson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA)
"Overall diversified and high quality pictures illustrate an update synthesis of the modern concept of microbial biofilms in geomicrobiology which target both researchers, lecturers and students."
(F. Garabétian, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. Int. Journal of Limnology, 2004, 40 (2).)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fossil and Recent Biofilms
Book Subtitle: A Natural History of Life on Earth
Editors: Wolfgang Elisabeth Krumbein, David Maxwell Paterson, Georgii Aleksandrovich Zavarzin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0193-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1597-7Published: 30 November 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6412-7Published: 01 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0193-8Published: 11 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 482
Topics: Biogeosciences, Biochemistry, general, Freshwater & Marine Ecology, Paleontology, Zoology, Microbiology