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Microbiology of extreme soils /
This volume provides a comprehensive coverage of the principal extreme soil ecosystems of natural and anthropogenic origin. Extreme soils oppose chemical or physical limits to colonization by most soil organisms and present the microbiologist with exciting opportunities. Described here are fascinati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Springer,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Soil biology ;
v. 13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This volume provides a comprehensive coverage of the principal extreme soil ecosystems of natural and anthropogenic origin. Extreme soils oppose chemical or physical limits to colonization by most soil organisms and present the microbiologist with exciting opportunities. Described here are fascinating environments, such as permafrost, saline, arid and geothermal soils, peatlands, subsurface geomaterial rich in sulfidic ore, Martian soils, hydrocarbon-contaminated hot desert and Antarctic soils, as well as fire-impacted, heavy-metal and radionuclide contaminated soils. Those environments lend t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 369 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783540742319 354074231X 3540742301 9783540742302 |
| ISSN: | 1613-3382 ; |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |