Author: Fenchel, Tom; Joint Author: Blackburn, T. Henry
Edition #2; Hardback; Book; 91 B&w Illustrations
336 pages
Published: May 1998
Harcourt Publishers Ltd, a subsidiary of Harcourt International Ltd
ISBN: 0121034550

-- Provides up-to-date coverage with an enlarged scope, a new historical perspective, and coverage in greater depth of topics of special interest-- Covers interactions between microbialprocesses, atmospheric composition and the earth's greenhouse properties-- Completely rewritten to incorporate all the advances and discoveries of the last 20 yearsThis volume focuses on bacterial metabolism and its relevance to the environment, including the decomposition of soil, food chains, nitrogen fixation, assimilation and reduction of carbon nitrogen and sulfur, and microbial symbiosis. This edition also provides a broader historical perspective.