Table of Contents

SYSTEMATICS AND PHYLOGENY
STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF MICROBIAL POPULATIONS
THERMODYNAMICS AND MICROBIAL METABOLISM
CARBON FIXATION AND PHOTOTROPHY
HETEROTROPHIC CARBON METABOLISM
THE OXYGEN CYCLE
NITROGEN CYCLING
THE IRON AND MANGANESE CYCLES
THE SULFUR CYCLE
THE METHANE CYCLE
THE PHOSPHORUS CYCLE
THE SILICON CYCLE
MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEMS

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* Written by international experts in the microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of aquatic systems
* Includes introductory chapters on microbial systematics, principles of microbial ecology, and chemical thermodynamics
* Contains over 1500 references