Table of Contents

The oligotrophic environments - problems and concepts; survival of bacteria in energy deficient systems; organic matter in ecosystems and its bioavailability; limitations of field and laboratory studies; bacteria (dormant, inactive, starved, oligotrophic, etc.) in oligotrophic environments; starvation-survival studies on specific bacteria; studies on starvation-survival; molecular genetics of the starvation phase; effects of host starvation on bacteriophage dynamics; energy of maintenance.