Environmental microbiology : a laboratory manual /

Main Author: Pepper, Ian L.
Other Authors: Gerba, Charles P.,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2005.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=187198
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250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a Amsterdam ;  |b Elsevier Academic Press,  |c ©2005.  |a Boston : 
300 |a 1 online resource (xvii, 209 pages) :  |b illustrations 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 |a Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- BASICS -- MANUAL CONVENTIONS -- SUGGESTED SOIL TYPES AND TESTS -- SECTION ONE: Basic Protocols -- EXPERIMENT 1: Dilution and Plating of Bacteria and Growth Curves -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- EXAMPLE CALCULATION OF MEAN GENERATION TIME -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCE -- EXPERIMENT 2: Soil Moisture Content Determination -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- EXAMPLE CALCULATIONS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION TWO: Examination of Soil Microorganisms Via Microscopic and Cultural Assays -- EXPERIMENT 3: Contact Slide Assay -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 4: Filamentous Fungi -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- CALCULATIONS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 5: Bacteria and Actinomycetes -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 6: Algae: Enumeration by MPN -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- CALCULATIONS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION THREE: Microbial Transformations and Response to Contaminants -- EXPERIMENT 7: Oxidation of Sulfur in Soil -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- CALCULATIONS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 8: Dehydrogenase Activity of Soils -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- EXAMPLE CALCULATIONS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 9: Nitrification and Denitrification -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- ASSIGNMENT AND QUESTIONS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 10: Enrichment and Isolation of Bacteria that Degrade 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 11: Adaptation of Soil Bacteria to Metals -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 12: Biodegradation of Phenol Compounds -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- POTENTIAL HAZARDS -- CALCULATIONS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 13: Assimilable Organic Carbon -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- CALCULATIONS -- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- EXPERIMENT 14: Biochemical Oxygen Demand -- OVERVIEW -- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE -- PROCEDURE -- TRICKS OF THE TRADE -- POTENTI. 
650 0 |a Microbial ecology 
650 7 |a SCIENCE  |x Life Sciences  |x Biology. 
650 7 |a SCIENCE  |x Life Sciences  |x Microbiology. 
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