Books in the Wiley Series in Ecological and Applied Microbiology series

This book explores how diversity in habitats and ecological requirements has led to enormous variety in cell components, behavioral strategies, and genetic determinants underlying adhesion. It also presents the latest research on adhesion mechanisms and strategies found in numerous environments and host microorganisms.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of extremophiles--microbes having evolved unique adaptive mechanisms that allow them to survive and thrive in inhospitable environments of extreme temperature, pressure, or osmotic concentration.

Discussing the major issues of microbial biodiversity, this book provides readers with a clear perspective of how it differs from that of plants and animals as well as how it has evolved. Bringing together experts from around the world, the book offers a unique source of information that spans the diversity of microbial life.

This work explores the diverse collection of microbes and viruses found in the oceans and the processes mediated by these microbes in aquatic environments. It reviews the basics of marine microbiology providing a firm foundation for researchers and students new to the field.

A detailed analysis of acidification effects on forest soil, rhizosphere and plant life and on the processes connecting them such as nutrient uptake and mineral cycling.