The earth's subsurface contains abundant and active microbial biomass, living in water, occupying pore space, and colonizing mineral and rock surfaces. Caves are one type of subsurface habitat, being natural, solutionally- or collapse-enlarged openings in rock. Within the past 30 years, there has been an increase in the number of microbiology studies from cave environments to understand cave ecology, cave geology, and even the origins of life. By emphasizing the microbial life of caves, and the ecological processes and geological consequences attributed to microbes, this book provides the first authoritative and comprehensive account of the microbial life of caves for students, professionals, and general readers.
Summers Engel, Annette
Jones, Daniel
Lavoie, Kathleen
Barton, Hazel A.
Ortiz-Ortiz, Marianyoly
Neilson, Julia W.
Legatzki, Antje
Maier, Raina
Tetu, Sasha G.
Elbourne, Liam
Cronan, Andrew
Holmes, Andrew
Gillings, Michael
Paulsen, Ian T.
Carmichael, Sarah
Bräuer, Suzanna L.
Northup, Diana
Paterson, Audrey
Kumaresan, Deepak
Hillebrand-Voiculescu, Alexandra
Wischer, Daniela
Stephenson, Jason
Chen, Yin
Murrell, Colin
Saiz-Jimenez, Cesareo
Mulec, Janez
Martin-Sanchez, Pedro
Miller, Ana
Cuezva, Soledad
Jurado, Valme
Fernandez-Cortez, Angel
Garcia-Anton, Elena
Rogerio-Candelera, Miguel Angel
Ariño, Xavier
Benavente, David
Cañaveras, Juan Carlos
Sanchez-Moral, Sergio
| ISBN | 9783110334999 |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 9783110334999 |
| Medientyp | Buch |
| Copyrightjahr | 2015 |
| Verlag | De Gruyter |
| Umfang | XV, 335 Seiten |
| Abbildungen | 50 b/w and 50 col. ill., 15 b/w tbl. |
| Sprache | Englisch |
