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. Ed(S): Krumbein, Wolfgang E.; Paterson, David Maxwell (Gatty Marine Laboratory, University Of St. Andrews, Fife); Zavarzin, Georgii Aleksandrovich  - Fossil and Recent Biofilms - 9781402015977 - V9781402015977
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Fossil and Recent Biofilms

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Description for Fossil and Recent Biofilms Hardback. Focusing on biofilms, this book combines knowledge on sub-aquatic and sub-aerial biofilms and their products. It describes how formation and degradation of minerals and rocks is achieved through biofilm formation on and in sediments, soils and rocks. It treats methods of study, and examples of Precambrian biofilms of an early Earth. Editor(s): Krumbein, Wolfgang E.; Paterson, David Maxwell (Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St. Andrews, Fife); Zavarzin, Georgii Aleksandrovich (Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia). Num Pages: 503 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1136.
MICROBIAL BIOFILMS: PROTECTIVE NICHES IN ANCIENT AND MODERN GEOMICROBIOLOGY J. W. Costerton and Paul Stoodley Center for Biofilm Engineering Montana State University As this book is published based on discussions of a conference that was held in 2001, it may be useful to provide an update on the most recent revelations about biofilms, so that this excellent exposition of the contribution of microbial biofilms to geological processes may be placed in a modem context. The importance of the contribution of microbial biofilms to global processes is only now being appreciated as it is revealed that all terrestrial surfaces are teeming ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
503
Condition
New
Number of Pages
482
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402015977
SKU
V9781402015977
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Reviews for Fossil and Recent Biofilms
"Fossil and Recent Biofilms provides a smørgasbord of data on microbial communities. Students of microbial ecology, evolution, biogeochemistry, and sedimentary geology will all find this volume valuable. Those who would integrate these disciplines will find it indispensable." (Andrew H. Knoll, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA) "Virtually all the world's experts in the area of ancient and fossil ... Read more

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