ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

By D. NAERO

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: FIELD AND IN SITU STUDIES GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SUBSURFACE SAMPLING THE SUBSURFACE PROTOCOLS FOR INVESTIGATING THE MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES OF OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRS PROTOCOLS FOR INVESTIGATING THE MICROBIOLOGY OF OIL SANDS DEPOSITS PROTOCOLS FOR INVESTIGATING THE MICROBIOLOGY OF DRILLING FLUIDS, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUIDS, AND FORMATIONS IN UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS RESERVOIRS PROTOCOLS FOR INVESTIGATING THE MICROBIOLOGY OF COAL-BED-PRODUCED WATERS PROTOCOLS FOR HANDLING, STORING, AND CULTIVATING OIL SANDS TAILINGS PONDS MATERIALS FOR MICROBIAL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL STUDY STRATEGIES TO MAP THE MICROBIOME OF FRESHWATER LAKES: SAMPLING AND CONTEXT COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF RIVER ORGANISMS AND WATER COLUMN ORGANISMS PROTOCOLS FOR THE IDENTI?CATION OF PHYLLOSPHERE-INDUCED POLLUTANT DEGRADATION GENES PROTOCOLS FOR INVESTIGATING HYDROCARBON-OXIDIZING BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN POLAR SEAS AND ICE SAMPLING THE SEA SURFACE MICROLAYER PROTOCOLS FOR RADIOTRACER ESTIMATION OF PRIMARY HYDROCARBON OXIDATION IN OXYGENATED SEAWATER PROTOCOLS FOR RADIOTRACER ESTIMATION OF METHANE OXIDATION RATES AT IN SITU METHANE CONCENTRATIONS IN MARINE SEDIMENTS PROTOCOLS FOR MUD?AT AND ALGAL MAT IN SITU ANALYSIS PROTOCOLS FOR THE STUDY OF MICROBE–MINERAL INTERACTIONS IN MODERN MICROBIALITES CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS IN DEEP-SEA FAUNA: PROTOCOLS FOR SAMPLE CONDITIONING, FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, AND IMAGE ANALYSIS