Environmental and Applied Microbiology

Contents: 1. Environmental and applied microbiology: an introduction. 2. Microbial evolution and diversity. 3. Microbial communities, ecological niches and ecosystems. 4. Populations interactions: an introduction. 5. Microbial interactions. 6. Interactions of microorganisms with plants and animals. 7. Rumen microbiology. 8. Physiological ecology of microorganisms. 9. Microbiology of air. 10. Microbiology of water (Natural water and wastewater). 11. Biogeochemical cycles. 12. Management of solid and hazardous wastes. 13. Biological treatment of liquid wastes. 14. Biodeterioration and bioremediation. 15. Microbial recovery of minerals and fuels. 16. Biofertilizers and biopesticides. Abbreviations. Bibliography. Glossary. Subject Index.

The book entitled Environmental and Applied Microbiology has been primarily written to meet the requirements of students of Microbiology, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Botany and Zoology at graduate and post graduate levels of all colleges/universities having this subject in their curricula.

The book contains sixteen chapters providing up to date and all basic and applied information on various important facets of environmental microbiology.