Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology
- 3rd Edition - June 6, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Terry Gentry, Jeffry J. Fuhrmann, David A. Zuberer
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 2 0 2 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 4 0 - 4
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Request a sales quoteWritten by leading experts in their respective fields, Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology 3e, provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to soil microbiology, and captures the rapid advances in the field such as recent discoveries regarding habitats and organisms, microbially mediated transformations, and applied environmental topics. Carefully edited for ease of reading, it aids users by providing an excellent multi-authored reference, the type of book that is continually used in the field. Background information is provided in the first part of the book for ease of comprehension. The following chapters then describe such fundamental topics as soil environment and microbial processes, microbial groups and their interactions, and thoroughly addresses critical nutrient cycles and important environmental and agricultural applications.
An excellent textbook and desk reference, Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology, 3e, provides readers with broad, foundational coverage of the vast array of microorganisms that live in soil and the major biogeochemical processes they control. Soil scientists, environmental scientists, and others, including soil health and conservation specialists, will find this material invaluable for understanding the amazingly diverse world of soil microbiology, managing agricultural and environmental systems, and formulating environmental policy.
- Includes discussion of major microbial methods, embedded within topical chapters
- Includes information boxes and case studies throughout the text to illustrate major concepts and connect fundamental knowledge with potential applications
- Study questions at the end of each chapter allow readers to evaluate their understanding of the materials
Advanced undergraduate students, beginning graduate students, and professionals working in soil science and soil microbiology
- Cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction and historical perspective
- Abstract
- Soil habitat
- Nature of cellular organisms
- Historical context of soil microbiology
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Study questions
- Chapter 2: The soil habitat
- Abstract
- Soil description
- Soil components
- Soil environment
- Integrating soil properties and plants with microorganisms: the rhizosphere
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Study questions
- Chapter 3: Microbial metabolism
- Abstract
- An overview of microbial metabolism
- Chemical foundations of metabolism
- Role of enzymes in metabolism
- Production of ATP
- Glycolysis
- Fermentation
- Respiration
- Phototrophy
- Carbon nutrition
- Integration of metabolic pathways
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 4: Microbial genetics
- Abstract
- Nucleic acids
- DNA
- RNA
- Cellular nucleic acid processes
- In vitro nucleic acid processes
- Applications of genetic methods in soil ecosystems
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 5: Bacteria and archaea
- Abstract
- Biology of bacteria and archaea
- Nutritional strategies
- Linking bacteria and archaea to soil
- Quantifying bacterial populations
- Summary
- Acknowledgment
- Study questions
- Chapter 6: Fungi
- Abstract
- Cell structure
- Structure and function, with reference to classification
- Growth and nutrition
- Genetics
- Survival
- Dispersal
- Ecology
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 7: Cyanobacteria and algae
- Abstract
- Classification
- Soil algal morphology and reproduction
- Physiology of soil algae
- Ecology of algae and cyanobacteria in soil
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 8: The soil fauna
- Abstract
- Habitat
- Functional groups of soil fauna
- Fauna in the context of the soil food web
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 9: Viruses
- Abstract
- Virus particle structure
- Virus genome structure
- Viral replication
- Measuring viral abundance in soils
- Measuring viral diversity in soils
- Viruses by host
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 10: Microbial ecology
- Abstract
- Soil organisms and their interactions
- Soil food web: producers and consumers
- Growth characteristics of soil microoganisms
- Interactions between organisms and soil
- Interactions between soil organisms
- Microbial succession
- Measurement of microbial diversity and interactions
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Study questions
- Chapter 11: Rhizosphere
- Abstract
- The root environment
- Rhizosphere boundaries
- The rhizosphere environment
- Genetically modified organisms
- Plant-derived compounds
- Organisms inhabiting the rhizosphere
- Faunal populations
- Movement of microflora in the rhizosphere
- Microbe-plant interactions in the rhizosphere
- Inoculants
- Understanding and modeling rhizosphere function
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Study questions
- Chapter 12: Mycorrhizal symbioses
- Abstract
- Global perspective
- Mycorrhizal types
- Mycorrhizal biomass and community profiling
- Features of the symbiosis
- Mycorrhizae in ecosystems
- Biotechnological applications
- Summary
- Acknowledgment
- Study questions
- Chapter 13: Carbon transformations and soil organic matter formation
- Abstract
- Terrestrial carbon cycle
- Significance of microbes to carbon cycling
- Organic materials added to soil
- Decomposition of naturally occurring organic materials
- Decomposition activity of microorganisms
- Soil organic matter (SOM)
- Summary
- Acknowledgment
- Study questions
- Chapter 14: Applied aspects of soil carbon
- Abstract
- Importance of soil carbon management
- Tillage effects
- Organic amendments
- Managing crop residue removal for biofuel production
- Carbon sequestration
- Soil health
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 15: Transformations of nitrogen
- Abstract
- Nitrogen cycle
- Nitrogen transformations between organic and inorganic forms
- Oxidative processes
- Reductive processes
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 16: Biological dinitrogen (N2) fixation: introduction and nonsymbiotic
- Abstract
- Historical background
- Significance of biological N2 fixation
- Free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria
- Factors affecting dinitrogen fixation by free-living diazotrophs
- N2 fixation by plant-associated bacteria: the associative symbioses
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 17: Biological dinitrogen fixation: symbiotic
- Abstract
- The symbiosis between legumes and rhizobia
- The infection process
- Environmental factors affecting symbiosis in legumes
- Legume inoculation
- Frankia and the actinorhizal symbiosis
- Summary
- Acknowledgment
- Study questions
- Chapter 18: Microbial transformations of sulfur in soil
- Abstract
- Sulfur cycle in agroecosystems and terrestrial environments
- Microbial transformations of sulfur in soil
- Microbial oxidation of inorganic sulfur compounds
- Microbial reduction of inorganic sulfur compounds
- Volatilization of inorganic and organic sulfur compounds from soil
- Environmental aspects of sulfur pollutants
- Concrete corrosion by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 19: Phosphorus and selected metals and metalloids
- Abstract
- Phosphorus
- Iron, manganese, mercury, selenium, and arsenic
- Microorganisms as catalysts for mineral formation
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 20: Global gases
- Abstract
- Defining trace gases
- Importance of global gases
- Gases released from soils
- General controls on trace gas production
- Carbon-based gases
- Nitrogen-based gases
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Study questions
- Chapter 21: Biodegradation of environmental pollutants
- Abstract
- Biological processes
- Ecological factors
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 22: Bioremediation of contaminated soils
- Abstract
- Sources of contamination
- Common soil contaminants
- Human and environmental risks
- Magnitude of the problem
- What is bioremediation?
- General approaches to bioremediation
- Advantages and disadvantages of bioremediation
- Practical considerations for selecting bioremediation
- Recent advances in measuring bioremediation efficacy
- Case studies of bioremediation
- Future of bioremediation
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 23: Biological control of soilborne plant pathogens and nematodes
- Abstract
- Fundamental biological control concepts
- Plant-soil-microbial equilibrium
- Objectives of biological control
- Biological control with resident antagonists
- Rhizobacteria and biological control
- Biological control with introduced antagonists
- Commercialization of biological control agents
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 24: Composting: the microbiological processing of organic wastes
- Abstract
- Compost microbiology
- Stages in the composting process
- Raw materials for composting
- Compost inoculants or “starters”
- Other organic soil amendments
- Summary
- Study questions
- Chapter 25: Soil microbial influences on “One Health”
- Abstract
- What is “One Health?”
- Influence of microbes on soil health
- Quantification of soil health via soil microbial activity
- Influence of soil microbes on plant health
- Influence of soil microbes on animal health
- Influence of soil microbes on human health
- Summary and concepts for the future
- Study questions
- SI Units and Conversions
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: June 6, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 742
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128202029
- eBook ISBN: 9780323851404
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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, USAJF
Jeffry J. Fuhrmann
Jeffry J. Fuhrmann is a Professor of Soil Microbiology in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, with a joint appointment in Biological Sciences, at the University of Delaware. He teaches a graduate course in soil microbiology and undergraduate courses in introductory soil science and soils and sustainability. His research has focused primarily on the ecology and diversity of soybean bradyrhizobia using combined phenotypic and genotypic approaches. More recently, this emphasis has extended into analogous studies of associated bacteriophages. His research has additionally examined broader aspects of the microbial ecology of soils and the rhizosphere. He has served as an associate editor for the Soil Science Society of America Journal.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Soil Microbiology, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USADZ
David A. Zuberer
Dr. David A. Zuberer is a Professor Emeritus of Soil Microbiology in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences at Texas A&M University. He taught soil microbiology continuously for >30 years in addition to maintaining an active research program in nitrogen fixation and rhizosphere microbiology. He served as a Technical Editor of the Soil Biology and Biochemistry Division (S3) of the Soil Science Society of America Journal. He is a Fellow of both the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America. He was the recipient of the 2003 Soil Science Education Award and the 2012 Agronomic Resident Education Award of the American Society of Agronomy. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Soil Microbiology, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USARead Principles and Applications of Soil Microbiology on ScienceDirect