Larry L. Barton / W. Allan Hamilton (eds.)

Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria

Environmental and Engineered Systems
Herausgeber: Barton, Larry L.; Hamilton, W. Allan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) are a large group of anaerobic organisms that play an important role in many biogeochemical processes. Not only are they of early origins in the development of the biosphere, but their mechanisms of energy metabolism shed light on the limits of life processes in the absence of oxygen. They are widely distributed in nature, and are regular components of engineered systems including, for example, petroleum reservoirs and oil production facilities. SRB are currently subject to extensive genomic studies, which are yielding new understanding of their basic biochemical mechanisms, and aiding in the development of novel techniques for the analyses of their environmental roles.This volume provides a timely update on these important microorganisms, from basic science to applications, and will therefore serve as a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students in the fields of microbial ecology, microbial physiology, bioengineering, biogeochemistry and related areas of environmental science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1037g
• ISBN-13: 9780521854856
• ISBN-10: 0521854857
• Artikelnr.: 20996940

Autorenporträt

Larry L. Barton is a Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of New Mexico.
W. Allan Hamilton is Professor Emeritus of Microbiology at the University of Aberdeen.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Energy metabolism and phylogenetic diversity of
sulphate-reducing bacteria Rudolf K. Thauer, Erko Stackebrandt and W. Allan
Hamilton; 2. Molecular strategies for studies of natural populations of
sulphate-reducing micro-organisms David A. Stahl, Alexander Loy and Michael
Wagner; 3. Functional genomics of sulphate-reducing prokaryotes Ralf Rabus
and Axel Strittmatter; 4. Evaluation of stress response in
sulphate-reducing bacteria through genome analysis J. D. Wall, H. C. Bill
Yen, and E. C. Drury; 5. Response of sulphate-reducing bacteria to oxygen
Henrik Sass and Heribert Cypionka; 6. Biochemical, proteomic and genetic
characterisation of oxygen survival mechanisms in sulphate-reducing
bacteria of the genus Desulfovibrio Alain Dolla, Donald M. Kurtz, Jr.,
Miguel Teixeira and Gerrit Voordouw; 7. Biochemical, genetic and genomic
characterisation of anaerobic electron transport pathways in
sulphate-reducing delta-proteobacteria Inês A. C. Pereira, Shelley A.
Haveman and Gerrit Voordouw; 8. Dissimilatory nitrate and nitrite
ammonification by sulphate-reducing eubacteria José J. G. Moura, Pablo
Gonzalez, Isabel Moura and Guy Fauque; 9. Anaerobic degradation of
hydrocarbons with sulphate as electron acceptor Friedrich Widdel, Florin
Musat, Katrin Knittel and Alexander Galushko; 10. Sulphate-reducing
bacteria from oil field environments and deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Bernard Ollivier, Jean-Luc Cayol and Guy Fauque; 11. The sub-seafloor
biosphere and sulphate-reducing prokaryotes: their presence and
significance R. John Parkes and Henrik Sass; 12. Eco-physiology of
sulphate-reducing bacteria in environmental biofilms Satoshi Okabe; 13.
Bioprocess engineering of sulphate reduction for environmental technology
Piet N. L. Lens, Marcus Vallero and Giovanni Esposito; 14. Bioremediation
of metals and metalloids by precipitation and cellular binding Simon L.
Hockin and Geoffrey M. Gadd; 15. Enzymatic and genomic studies on the
reduction of mercury and selected metallic oxy-anions by sulphate-reducing
bacteria Mireille Bruschi, Larry L. Barton, Florence Goulhen, and Richard
M. Plunkett; 16. Sulphate-reducing bacteria and their role in corrosion of
ferrous materials Iwona B. Beech and Jan A. Sunner; 17. Anaerobic
metabolism of nitroaromatic compounds and bioremediation of explosive by
sulphate-reducing bacteria Raj Boopathy; 18. Sulphate-reducing bacteria and
the human large intestine George T. Macfarlane, John H. Cummings and Sandra
Macfarlan.