Bacterial Biogeochemistry
The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling
- 4th Edition - June 1, 2025
- Authors: Tom Fenchel, Gary M. King
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 8 8 3 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 9 1 9 - 0
Bacterial Biogeochemistry: The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling, Fourth Edition discusses the influence of bacterial activity on the chemical environment of the biosphere. Follow… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBacterial Biogeochemistry: The Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling, Fourth Edition discusses the influence of bacterial activity on the chemical environment of the biosphere. Following the success of previous editions, this update focuses on bacterial metabolism and its relevance to the environment, including the decomposition of soil, food chains, nitrogen fixation, assimilation, and reduction of carbon nitrogen and sulfur, and microbial symbiosis. All chapters have been revised and brought up-to-date in light of the many advances and discoveries that have taken place during the last decade. The scope of the new edition has broadened to provide a review of the processes and phenomena that are relevant for global change feedback loops and advances in bacterial biogeochemical cycles.
- Completely revised to incorporate all recent advances in bacterial biogeochemical cycles
- Identifies processes and phenomena that are relevant for global change feedback loops
- Covers interactions between microbial processes, atmospheric composition, and the earth's greenhouse properties
Graduate students and researchers in microbiology, ecology and limnology, particularly soil and sediments, geochemists, those interested in plant nutrition, marine microbiology, microbial metabolism, and the global change research community
1. Bacterial Metabolism
2. Transport Mechanisms
3. Degradation of Organic Polymers and Hydrocarbons
4. Comparison of Element Cycles
5. The Water Column (Marine and Freshwater)
6. Biogeochemical Cycling in Soils
7. Aquatic Sediments
8. Microbial Biogeochemistry and Extreme Environments
9. Symbiotic Systems
10. Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling and the Atmosphere
11. Origins and Evolution of Biogeochemical Cycles
12. Bacterial Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene
2. Transport Mechanisms
3. Degradation of Organic Polymers and Hydrocarbons
4. Comparison of Element Cycles
5. The Water Column (Marine and Freshwater)
6. Biogeochemical Cycling in Soils
7. Aquatic Sediments
8. Microbial Biogeochemistry and Extreme Environments
9. Symbiotic Systems
10. Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling and the Atmosphere
11. Origins and Evolution of Biogeochemical Cycles
12. Bacterial Biogeochemistry in the Anthropocene
- No. of pages: 400
- Language: English
- Edition: 4
- Published: June 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443158834
- eBook ISBN: 9780443159190
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Tom Fenchel
In 1986, Tom Fenchel was the recipient of the Ecology Institute Prize and the Huntsman Medal for Excellency in Oceanography. He is an honorary member of the Society for General Microbiology and is a Professor of Marine Biology and the Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. He has authored and co-authored several books and has published about 120 original and review papers on microbial ecology, marine biology and population biology. He holds a Ph.D and a Dr.Sc. from the University of Copenhagen and is a member of the Danish Royal Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Copenhagen, DenmarkGK
Gary M. King
Gary M. King has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Natural Council of Maine, the President's Creative Achievement Award from the University of Maine, and the Graduate Research and Teaching Award from the College of Science at the University of Maine. He was a Fulbright research fellow in Denmark from 1988-1990 and was the Chief Scientist/Aquanaut Team Leader for the "Aquarius" missions 88-2 and 89-2 and Hydolab 84-5. He received his Ph.D with honors from the University of Georgia, is a professor of Microbiology and Oceanography at the University of Maine, and has published more than 80 papers in refereed scientific journals.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Maine, Walpole, USA