Environmental Microbiology
- 2nd Edition - September 19, 2008
- Editors: Ian Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, Terry Gentry, Raina M. Maier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 0 5 1 9 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 1 9 4 0 - 9
For microbiology and environmental microbiology courses, this leading textbook builds on the academic success of the previous edition by including a comprehensive and up-to-date… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWHY ADOPT THIS EDITION? New chapters on:
- Urban Environmental Microbiology
- Bacterial Communities in Natural Ecosystems
- Global Change and Microbial Infectious Disease
- Microorganisms and Bioterrorism
- Extreme Environments (emphasizing the ecology of these environments)
- Aquatic Environments (now devoted to its own chapter- was combined with Extreme Environments)
Updates to Methodologies:
- Nucleic Acid -Based Methods: microarrays, phyloarrays, real-time PCR, metagomics, and comparative genomics
- Physiological Methods: stable isotope fingerprinting and functional genomics and proteomics-based approaches
- Microscopic Techniques: FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization) and atomic force microscopy
- Cultural Methods: new approaches to enhanced cultivation of environmental bacteria
- Environmental Sample Collection and Processing: added section on air sampling
- No. of pages: 624
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: September 19, 2008
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123705198
- eBook ISBN: 9780080919409
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Ian Pepper
Dr. Ian Pepper is a Regents Professor at the University of Arizona and also the Director of the University of Arizona Water and Energy Sustainable Technology Center (WEST). He is an environmental microbiologist whose research has focused on the fate and transport of microbial pathogens in air, water, soils and municipal wastes. His expertise has been recognized by membership on six National Academy of Sciences Committees. Dr. Pepper is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Microbiology, the Soil Science Society of America, and the American Society of Agronomy. He is the author or co-author of seven textbooks and over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles.
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Charles P. Gerba
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Terry Gentry
Dr. Terry Gentry is a Professor at Texas A&M University and is also the Director of the Soil and Aquatic Microbiology Laboratory (SAML). He is an environmental microbiologist specializing in the development and use of molecular technologies to enhance the detection and remediation of environmental contamination. This includes the detection and identification of microbial pathogens from animal, human, and natural sources and also the characterization of microbial populations and communities contributing to applied remediation processes such as the bioremediation of organic and metal contaminants. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in soil and water microbiology. He is the author or co-author of two textbooks; 16 book chapters; and over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles.
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