Overview
- and up-to-date review of marine microbial diversity and their habitats
- the role of marine microbial diversity in ecosystem function
- Presents novel products from marine microorganisms
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Diversity and Ecology of Marine Microorganisms
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Marine Habitats, Their Inhabitants, Ecology and Biogeochemical Cycles
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Marine Resources—The Hidden Treasure
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Keywords
- Blue biotechnology
- Marine habitats
- Marine microbes
- Marine resources
- Metagenomics
- Microbial diversity
- Microbial ecology
- Marine microorganisms
- Marine Bacteria
- Marine Archaea
- Phototrophic microorganisms
- Marne fungi
- Marine viruses
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Extreme marine environments
- Deep sea
- Marine pelagic environments
- Microbial networks
- Marine bioactives
About this book
This book describes the state-of-the-art
concerning the ‘marine microbiome’ and its uses in biotechnology. The first
part discusses the diversity and ecology of marine microorganisms and viruses,
including all three domains of life: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. It
discusses whether marine microorganisms exist and, if so, why they might be unique.
The second part presents selected marine habitats, their inhabitants and how
they influence biogeochemical cycles, while the third discusses the utilization
of marine microbial resources, including legal aspects, dissemination, and
public awareness.
The marine microbiome is the total of
microorganisms and viruses in the ocean and seas and in any connected
environment, including the seafloor and marine animals and plants. The
diversity of microbial life remains unquantified and largely unknown, and could
represent a hidden treasure for human society. Accordingly, this book is also intended
to connect academics and industry, providing essential information for microbiologists
from both fields.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Dr. Lucas J. Stal and Dr. Mariana Silvia Cretoiu
NIOZ Royal Institute for Sea Research
Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry
and Utrecht University
and University of Amsterdam
Yersseke, The Netherlands
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Marine Microbiome
Book Subtitle: An Untapped Source of Biodiversity and Biotechnological Potential
Editors: Lucas J. Stal, Mariana Silvia Cretoiu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33000-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81418-6Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33000-6Published: 03 June 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 498
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Applied Microbiology