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Soil Microbiology

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tate, Robert L., III
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2020.
Edición:3rd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Soil Ecosystems: Physical and Chemical Boundaries
  • 1.1 Soil as an Ecosystem
  • 1.1.1 Soil System Function
  • 1.1.2 Soil Formation and the Microbial Community
  • 1.1.3 Implications of Definition of the Soil Ecosystem
  • 1.2 The Micro-ecosystem
  • 1.2.1 Interaction of Individual Soil Components with the Biotic System
  • 1.2.2 Aboveground and Belowground Communities and Soil Ecosystem Synergistic Development
  • 1.3 The Macro-ecosystem
  • 1.4 Concluding Comments
  • References
  • Chapter 2 The Soil Ecosystem: Biological Participants
  • 2.1 The Living Soil Component
  • 2.1.1 Biological and Genetic Implications of Occurrence of Living Cells in Soil
  • 2.1.2 Implications of Microbial Properties for Handling of Soil Samples
  • 2.2 Measurement of Soil Microbial Biomass
  • 2.2.1 Direct Counting Methods
  • 2.2.2 ATP Measure of Soil Microbial Biomass
  • 2.2.3 Soil Aerobic Respiration Measurements
  • 2.2.4 Chloroform Fumigation (Extraction and Incubation) Technique
  • 2.2.5 Limitations of Microbial Biomass Measurements
  • 2.3 The Nature of Soil Inhabitants
  • 2.4 Autecology and Soil Microbiology
  • 2.4.1 Limitations to Autecological Research
  • 2.4.2 Autecological Methods
  • 2.4.3 PCR for Quantification of Soil Microbes (see Figure 2.7)
  • 2.4.4 Expression of Population Density per Unit of Soil
  • 2.4.5 Products of Soil Autecological Research
  • 2.5 Principles and Products of Synecological Research
  • 2.6 Interphase Between Study of Individual and Community Microbiology
  • 2.7 Concluding Comments
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Microbial Diversity of Soil Ecosystems
  • 3.1 Classical Culture-Based Studies of Soil Microbial Diversity
  • 3.1.1 Value of Culture-Based Studies of Soil Microbial Diversity
  • 3.1.2 Limitations of Culture-Based Studies of Soil Microbial Diversity
  • 3.1.3 The Challenge of Defining Bacterial Species
  • 3.1.4 Alternatives to Bacterial Strain Isolation
  • 3.2 Surrogate Measures of Soil Microbial Diversity
  • 3.3 Diversity Surrogates: Physiological Profiling
  • 3.3.1 Physiological Profiling of Isolates
  • 3.3.2 Community-Level Physiological Profiling
  • 3.3.3 Value of Community-Level Physiological Profiling
  • 3.3.4 Limitations of Community Level Physiological Profiling
  • 3.4 Diversity Surrogates: Phospholipid Fatty Acid Analysis
  • 3.4.1 PLFA Analysis of Isolates
  • 3.4.2 Community PLFA Analysis
  • 3.4.3 Value of PLFA Analysis
  • 3.4.4 Limitations of PFLA Analysis
  • 3.5 Nucleic Acid-Based Analyses of Soil Microbial Diversity
  • 3.5.1 Nucleic Acid Based Analysis of Isolates
  • 3.5.2 Community Nucleic Acid Analysis
  • 3.5.3 DNA Extraction
  • 3.5.4 Analysis of Community DNA
  • 3.6 PCR-Based Methods
  • 3.6.1 Clone Library Sequencing
  • 3.6.2 DNA-Based Fingerprinting Techniques
  • 3.6.3 High-Throughput Amplicon Sequencing
  • 3.6.4 Limitations of PCR-Based Methods