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Environmental Microbiology

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This text for senior undergraduate and graduate students offers discussion of microbial ecology, molecular genetics, and environmental science aspects of the field of environmental microbiology. After background in biological and earth sciences, coverage includes environmental detection of microbial activity, the impact of microbial activity on the environment in terms of nutrient cycling and pollutant fate, and detection and control of pathogens in the environment. Emerging areas such as transport of microbes and DNA, microbial risk assessment, and the use of molecular detection in environmental applications are described, along with the latest analytical and molecular methodologies. Includes color photos and graphics. The author teaches in the Department of Soil and Water Science at the University of Arizona.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR