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Taylor & Francis Geomicrobiology 1995 Edition by Henry Lutz Ehrlich
This work explores the role that microbes play or have played in specific geological processes, emphasizing the inorganic transformations involved in microbial mineral formation and degradation. This edition discusses advances in understanding carbonate deposition, rock weathering, methylmercury formation, and more.;College and university bookstores may order five or more copies of this work at a special student price, available on request from Marcel Dekker, Inc. Table of Contents : The Earth as a microbial habitat; the origin of life and its early history; the lithosphere as a microbial habitat; the hydrosphere; geomicrobial processes - a physiological and biochemical overview; methods in geomicrobiology; microbial formation and degradation of carbonates; geomicrobial interactions with silicon; geomicrobial interactions with phosphorous; geomicrobially important interactions with nitrogen; geomicrobial interactions with arsenic and antimony; geomicrobiology of mercury; geomicrobiology of iron; geomicrobiology of manganese; geomicrobial interactions with chromium; geomicrobiology of sulfur; biogenesis and biodegradation of sulfide minerals on the Earth's surface; geomicrobiology of selenium and tellurium; geomicrobiology of fossil fuels.