Microbial Ecology: Fundamentals and Applications - Hardcover

Atlas, Ronald M.; Bartha, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805306536 ISBN 13: 9780805306538

Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, Subs of Addison Wesley Longman, Inc, 1992

Synopsis

New edition of a comprehensive text, with chapters arranged in sections on ecology and evolution, population interactions, quantitative and habitat ecology, biogeochemical cycling, and biotechnological aspects of microbial ecology. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author:

For his lifelong work in bioremediation and in the application of molecular methods to microbial ecology, Dr. Ronald Atlas received the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) award in Applied and Environmental Sciences. He chairs the ASM's Public and Scientific Affairs Board Environment Committee and is frequently asked to advise the government on related matters. Dr. Atlas is also a professor of biology at the University of Louisville where he teaches undergraduate and graduate microbiology courses.

Dr. Richard Bartha has conducted research for over 30 years on the environmental fate of manmade synthetic chemicals, on methods ofbiodegradability testing, and on the bioremediation of soil-, water-, andairborne pollutants. Dr. Bartha has authored or co-authored 150 scientificarticles in his outlined research field. As a professor at Rutgers University, he teaches courses on microbiological and ecological topics. He has been elected Fellow of the American Society for the Advancement of Science and of the American Academy of Microbiology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, Subs of Addison Wesley Longman, Inc
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0805306536
• ISBN 13: 9780805306538
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 576