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Environmental Microbiology

  • 2nd Edition - September 19, 2008
  • Newer edition is available
  • Editors: Ian Pepper, Charles P. Gerba, Terry Gentry, Raina M. Maier
  • Language: English

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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Description

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 discussion of environmental microbiology as a discipline that has grown in scope and interest in recent years. From environmental science and microbial ecology to topics in molecular genetics, this edition relates environmental microbiology to the work of a variety of life science, ecology, and environmental science investigators. The authors and editors have taken the care to highlight links between environmental microbiology and topics important to our changing world such as bioterrorism and national security with sections on practical issues such as bioremediation, waterborne pathogens, microbial risk assessment, and environmental biotechnology.

Key features

WHY 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

Readership

Advanced students, technicians, researchers, and consultants in environmental sciences, microbiology, environmental engineering, public health, biology, chemistry, and civil engineering

Table of contents

Introduction to Environmental Microbiology; Microorganisms in the Environment; Bacterial Growth; Terrestrial Environments; Aeromicrobiology; Aquatic Environments; Extreme Environments; Environmental Sample Collection & Processing; Microscopic Techniques; Cultural Methods; Physiological Methods; Immunological Methods; Nucleic Acid-Based Methods; Biogeochemical Cycling; Consequences of Biogeochemical Cycles Gone Wild; Bacteria/Bacteria and Bacteria/Plant Communication; Bacterial Communities in Natural and Engineered Ecosystems; Microorganisms and Organic Pollutants; Microorganisms and Metal Pollutants; Microbial Transport; Environmentally Transmitted Pathogens; Indicator Microorganisms; Domestic Wastes, Waste Treatment and Biosolids Reuse; Drinking Water Treatment; Disinfection; Water Distribution Systems and Biofilms; Domestic Microbiology; Bioterrorism and Biological Warfare; Risk Assessment.

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About the editors

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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.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, University of Arizona , USA

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Charles P. Gerba

Dr. Charles P. Gerba is a Professor at the University of Arizona. He conducts research the transmission of pathogens through the environment. His recent research encompasses the transmission of pathogens by water, food and fomites; fate of pathogens in land applied wastes; development of new disinfectants; domestic microbiology and microbial risk assessment. He has been an author on more than 500 articles including several books in environmental microbiology and pollution science. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1998 he received the A. P. Black Award from the American Water Works Association for outstanding contributions to water science and in 1996 he received the McKee medal from the Water Environment Federation for outstanding contributions to groundwater protection. He received the 1999 Award of Excellence in Environmental Health from National Association of County and City Health Officials.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor at the University of Arizona.

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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.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Soil and Aquatic Microbiology, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

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Raina M. Maier

Affiliations and expertise
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

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