ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

By I. MATAN

CONTENTS PART I GENERAL CHAPTERS THE THEMATIC FIELDS OF MICROBIAL ECOLOGY SOME HISTORICAL ELEMENTS OF MICROBIAL ECOLOGY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF MICROORGANISMS: PRODUCTION AND USE OF MATERIAL AND ENERGY PART II TAXONOMY AND EVOLUTION FOR THREE BILLION YEARS, MICROORGANISMS WERE THE ONLY INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTION OF MICROORGANISMS: GENERAL CONCEPTS TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY OF PROKARYOTES TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENY OF UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTES PART III MICROBIAL HABITATS: DIVERSITY, ADAPTATION AND INTERACTIONS BIODIVERSITY AND MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS FUNCTIONING ADAPTATIONS OF PROKARYOTES TO THEIR BIOTOPES AND TO PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS IN NATURAL OR ANTHROPIZED ENVIRONMENTS THE EXTREME CONDITIONS OF LIFE ON THE PLANET AND EXOBIOLOGY MICROORGANISMS AND BIOTIC INTERACTIONS HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER IN MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS PART IV ROLE AND FUNCTIONING OF MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS MICROBIAL FOOD WEBS IN AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS APPLIED MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND BIOREMEDIATION PART V TOOLS OF MICROBIAL ECOLOGY METHODS FOR STUDYING MICROORGANISMS IN THE ENVIRONMENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF DESCRIPTIVE AND FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS TO MICROBIAL ECOLOGY MODELING IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY