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Environmental Microbiology: Fundamentals and Applications

Microbial Ecology

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Claude Bertrand

    1. Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie (MIO), UM 110, CNRS 7294 IRD 235, Cedex 9, Marseille, France

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  2. Pierre Caumette

    1. Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour l’Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM), UM 110, CNRS 5254, Pau Cedex, France

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  3. Philippe Lebaron

    1. Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Microbiennes (LBBM), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ, Paris 06, USR CNRS 3579, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France

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  4. Robert Matheron

    1. Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), UMR-CNRS-IRD 7263, Aix-Marseille Université, Cedex 20, Marseille, France

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  5. Philippe Normand

    1. Microbial Ecology Center, UMR CNRS 5557/USC INRA 1364, Villeubanne, France

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  6. Télesphore Sime-Ngando

    1. Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement (LMGE), UMR CNRS 6023, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Université, Aubère Cedex, France

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  • Broadens the understanding of environmental microbiology
  • Offers modern tools such as (post) genomics, NGSs approaches, (human) pathogens
  • Maximizes reader insights into subjects such as Darwinian taxonomy and evolution, food web dynamics, biogeochemical cycles of conserved elements, microbial habitats and their forcing effects on diversity

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This book is a treatise on microbial ecology that covers traditional and cutting-edge issues in the ecology of microbes in the biosphere. It emphasizes on study tools, microbial taxonomy and the fundamentals of microbial activities and interactions within their communities and environment as well as on the related food web dynamics and biogeochemical cycling. The work exceeds the traditional domain of microbial ecology by revisiting the evolution of cellular prokaryotes and eukaryotes and stressing the general principles of ecology. The overview of the topics, authored by more than 80 specialists, is one of the broadest in the field of environmental microbiology.

The overview of the topics, authored by more than 80 specialists, is one of the broadest in the field of environmental microbiology.

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. General Chapters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Thematic Fields of Microbial Ecology

      • Jean-Claude Bertrand, Pierre Caumette, Philippe Lebaron, Philippe Normand
      Pages 3-7

    3. Some Historical Elements of Microbial Ecology

      • Pierre Caumette, Jean-Claude Bertrand, Philippe Normand
      Pages 9-24

    4. Structure and Functions of Microorganisms: Production and Use of Material and Energy

      • Robert Matheron, Pierre Caumette
      Pages 25-71

  3. Taxonomy and Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. For Three Billion Years, Microorganisms Were the Only Inhabitants of the Earth

      • Jean-Claude Bertrand, Céline Brochier-Armanet, Manolo Gouy, Frances Westall
      Pages 75-106

    3. Systematic and Evolution of Microorganisms: General Concepts

      • Charles-François Boudouresque, Pierre Caumette, Jean-Claude Bertrand, Philippe Normand, Télesphore Sime-Ngando
      Pages 107-144

    4. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Prokaryotes

      • Pierre Caumette, Céline Brochier-Armanet, Philippe Normand
      Pages 145-190

    5. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Unicellular Eukaryotes

      • Charles-François Boudouresque
      Pages 191-257

  4. Microbial Habitats: Diversity, Adaptation and Interactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 259-259
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    2. Biodiversity and Microbial Ecosystems Functioning

      • Philippe Normand, Robert Duran, Xavier Le Roux, Cindy Morris, Jean-Christophe Poggiale
      Pages 261-291

    3. Adaptations of Prokaryotes to Their Biotopes and to Physicochemical Conditions in Natural or Anthropized Environments

      • Philippe Normand, Pierre Caumette, Philippe Goulas, Petar Pujic, Florence Wisniewski-Dyé
      Pages 293-351

    4. The Extreme Conditions of Life on the Planet and Exobiology

      • Jean-Luc Cayol, Bernard Ollivier, Didier Alazard, Ricardo Amils, Anne Godfroy, Florence Piette et al.
      Pages 353-394

    5. Microorganisms and Biotic Interactions

      • Yvan Moënne-Loccoz, Patrick Mavingui, Claude Combes, Philippe Normand, Christian Steinberg
      Pages 395-444

    6. Horizontal Gene Transfer in Microbial Ecosystems

      • Céline Brochier-Armanet, David Moreira
      Pages 445-481

  5. Role and Functioning of Microbial Ecosystems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 483-483
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    2. Microbial Food Webs in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems

      • Behzad Mostajir, Christian Amblard, Evelyne Buffan-Dubau, Rutger De Wit, Robert Lensi, Télesphore Sime-Ngando
      Pages 485-509

    3. Biogeochemical Cycles

      • Jean-Claude Bertrand, Patricia Bonin, Pierre Caumette, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Gérald Grégori, Rémy Guyoneaud et al.
      Pages 511-617

    4. Environmental and Human Pathogenic Microorganisms

      • Philippe Lebaron, Benoit Cournoyer, Karine Lemarchand, Sylvie Nazaret, Pierre Servais
      Pages 619-658
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Université de Toulon, Aix-Marseille Université, Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie (MIO), UM 110, CNRS 7294 IRD 235, Cedex 9, Marseille, France

    Jean-Claude Bertrand

  • Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour l’Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM), UM 110, CNRS 5254, Pau Cedex, France

    Pierre Caumette

  • Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Microbiennes (LBBM), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ, Paris 06, USR CNRS 3579, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France

    Philippe Lebaron

  • Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE), UMR-CNRS-IRD 7263, Aix-Marseille Université, Cedex 20, Marseille, France

    Robert Matheron

  • Microbial Ecology Center, UMR CNRS 5557/USC INRA 1364, Villeubanne, France

    Philippe Normand

  • Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement (LMGE), UMR CNRS 6023, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Université, Aubère Cedex, France

    Télesphore Sime-Ngando

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environmental Microbiology: Fundamentals and Applications

  • Book Subtitle: Microbial Ecology

  • Editors: Jean-Claude Bertrand, Pierre Caumette, Philippe Lebaron, Robert Matheron, Philippe Normand, Télesphore Sime-Ngando

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9118-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9117-5Published: 10 February 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0318-3Published: 12 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9118-2Published: 26 January 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 933

  • Number of Illustrations: 77 b/w illustrations, 489 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Microbial Ecology

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