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The Prokaryotes Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology  Cover Image E-book E-book

The Prokaryotes [electronic resource] : Prokaryotic Communities and Ecophysiology / edited by Eugene Rosenberg, Edward F. DeLong, Stephen Lory, Erko Stackebrandt, Fabiano Thompson.

Rosenberg, Eugene. (editor.). DeLong, Edward F. (editor.). Lory, Stephen. (editor.). Stackebrandt, Erko. (editor.). Thompson, Fabiano. (editor.). SpringerLink (Online service) (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9783642301230
  • Physical Description: XX, 528 p. 182 illus., 88 illus. in color. eReference. online resource.
  • Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : 2013.
Subject: Life sciences.
Microbiology.
Life Sciences.
Microbiology.

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Preface
Foreword.-About the Editors
List of Contributors
(Section 1) Prokaryotic Communities
The Structure and Function of Microbial Communities
Overview: Quantitative and Theoretical Microbial Population Biology
Structure and Function of Prokaryotic Communities in Soils of Polar and High-Elevation Deserts
Plant Rhizosphere Microbial Communities
Tropical Soil Bacterial Communities
Freshwater Microbial Communities
Pelagic Prokaryotic Communities Inhabiting Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones
Marine Deep Sediment Microbial Communities
Sea-Ice Microbiology
Coral Reef Microbial Communities
(Section 2) Ecophysiology: Planktonic Versus Sessile Life of Prokaryotes
The Phototrophic Way of Life
The Anaerobic Way of Life
The Chemolithotrophic Prokaryotes
Bacterial Swimming Behavior
Prokaryotic Life Cycles
Life at High Temperatures
Life at Low Temperatures
Life at High Salt Concentrations
Prokaryotic Alkaliphiles
Syntrophism Among Prokaryotes
Quorum Sensing
Cell-Cell Interactions in Swarming and in Fruiting Body Development.

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