Editors:
- Most up-to-date review of the biogeochemistry of gases in our environment
- Brings together structural and microbial biology, inorganic biological chemistry and environmental biochemistry
- Focuses on the activation, transformation and syntheses of environmentally relevant gases
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Metal Ions in Life Sciences (MILS, volume 14)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
MILS-14 provides a most up-to-date view of the exciting biogeochemistry of gases in our environment as driven mostly by microorganisms. These employ a machinery of sophisticated metalloenzymes, where especially transition metals (such as Fe, Ni, Cu, Mo, W) play a fundamental role, that is, in the activation, transformation and syntheses of gases like dihydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, acetylene and those of the biological nitrogen and sulfur cycles. The Metal-Driven Biogeochemistry of Gaseous Compounds in the Environment is a vibrant research area based mainly on structural and microbial biology, inorganic biological chemistry and environmental biochemistry. All this is covered in an authoritative manner in 11 stimulating chapters, written by 26 internationally recognized experts and supported by nearly 1200 references, informative tables and about 100 illustrations (two thirds in color). MILS-14 also provides excellent information for teaching.
Peter M. H. Kroneck is a bioinorganic chemist who is exploring the role of transition metals in biology, with a focus on functional and structural aspects of microbial iron, copper and molybdenum enzymes and their impact on the biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen and sulfur.
Martha E. Sosa Torres is an inorganic chemist, with special interests in magnetic properties of newly synthesized transition metal complexes and their reactivity towards molecular oxygen, applying kinetic, electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques.
Reviews
“This book is very well compiled and covers key information regarding small molecules that have an important impact in our environment. … Relevant information is supported by high-quality illustrations and figures, allowing the reader to follow discussions about mechanisms of action, structure and function of metal-active sites, biological cycles or electron pathways. … This book will be an excellent acquisition for chemistry libraries and for researchers and students interested on bioinorganic chemistry, biochemistry or inorganic chemistry.” (Norah Barba-Behrens, Transition Metal Chemistry, Vol. 41, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
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Univ. Konstanz Fachbereich Biologie, Konstanz, Germany
Peter M.H. Kroneck
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Facultad de Química Universidad Autónoma de México, Departamento de Química Inorganica y Nuclear, México, Mexico
Martha E. Sosa Torres
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Metal-Driven Biogeochemistry of Gaseous Compounds in the Environment
Editors: Peter M.H. Kroneck, Martha E. Sosa Torres
Series Title: Metal Ions in Life Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9269-1
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9268-4Published: 04 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0368-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9269-1Published: 22 November 2014
Series ISSN: 1559-0836
Series E-ISSN: 1868-0402
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXV, 333
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 63 illustrations in colour
Topics: Life Sciences, general, Biomedicine general, Chemistry/Food Science, general