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Microbial Communities Utilizing Hydrocarbons and Lipids: Members, Metagenomics and Ecophysiology

  • Comprehensive, authoritative discussions about microbial communities utilizing hydrocarbons and lipids
  • Particular attention is given to the identification of the microbial community members, their metagenomics and ecophysiology
  • Experts of the field explore insights into functions and interactions of microbial communities using contemporary methods

Part of the book series: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology (HHLM)

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Table of contents (15 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Microbial Communities Responding to Deep-Sea Hydrocarbon Spills

    • Molly C. Redmond, David L. Valentine
    Pages 1-17
  3. Impact of Petroleum Contamination on Microbial Mats

    • Marisol Goñi-Urriza, Robert Duran
    Pages 19-35
  4. Microbial Ecology of Marine Environments Chronically Polluted by Petroleum

    • Cristiana Cravo-Laureau, Robert Duran
    Pages 51-62
  5. Microbial Communities in Hydrocarbon-Polluted Harbors and Marinas

    • Balbina Nogales, Rafael Bosch
    Pages 63-79
  6. Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers

    • K. Knittel, Gunter Wegener, A. Boetius
    Pages 113-132
  7. Methanotrophy in Acidic Soils, Including Northern Peatlands

    • Tobin J. Verbeke, Svetlana N. Dedysh, Peter F. Dunfield
    Pages 133-156
  8. Microbial Communities in Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Desert Soils

    • Thirumahal Muthukrishnan, Raeid M. M. Abed
    Pages 157-177
  9. Microbial Communities in Oil Sands Tailings: Their Implications in Biogeochemical Processes and Tailings Management

    • Tariq Siddique, Sebastian Stasik, Mohd Faidz Mohamad Shahimin, Katrin Wendt-Potthoff
    Pages 251-283
  10. Microbial Ecology of Naphthenic Acid (NA) Degradation

    • Karl Skeels, Corinne Whitby
    Pages 285-306
  11. Fungal Communities in Hydrocarbon Degradation

    • Francesc X. Prenafeta-Boldú, G. Sybren de Hoog, Richard C. Summerbell
    Pages 307-342
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 343-352

About this book

This book provides comprehensive, authoritative discussions about microbial communities in environments that are rich in hydrocarbons, crude oil or lipids. It encompasses natural environments, such as tar sands, oil seeps and reservoirs, as well as habitats where methane is produced. Equally, the book deals with habitats that have been influenced by human activity, including oil-contaminated soils, aquifers, coast and seas. The book opens with a series of chapters considering the contemporary approaches used to investigate microbial communities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

    Terry J. McGenity

About the editor

Terry McGenity is a Reader at the University of Essex, UK. His PhD, investigating the microbial ecology of ancient salt deposits (University of Leicester), was followed by postdoctoral positions at the Japan Marine Science and Technology 
Centre (JAMSTEC, Yokosuka) and the Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology (University of Reading).  His overarching research interest is to understand how microbial communities function and interact to influence major biogeochemical processes. He worked as a postdoc with Ken Timmis at the University of Essex, where he was inspired to investigate microbial interactions with hydrocarbons at multiple scales, from communities to cells, and as both a source of food and stress. He has broad interests in microbial ecology and diversity, particularly with respect to carbon cycling (especially the second most abundantly produced hydrocarbon in the atmosphere, isoprene), and is driven to better understand how microbescope with, or flourish in hypersaline, desiccated and poly-extreme environments. 



He was already section editor at the first edition of this multi-volume Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology (2010),  and he is co-editor for the 17-volume Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols 2016. 



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