Bookedited by Christon J. Hurst.
Summary: This book presents a summary of terrestrial microbial processes, which are a key factor in supporting healthy life on our planet. The authors explain how microorganisms maintain the soil ecosystem through recycling carbon and nitrogen and then provide insights into how soil microbiology processes integrate into ecosystem science, helping to achieve successful bioremediation as well as safe and effective operation of landfills, and enabling the design of composting processes that reduce the amount of waste that is placed in landfills. The book also explores the effect of human land use, including restoration on soil microbial communities and the response of wetland microbial communities to anthropogenic pollutants. Lastly it discusses the role of fungi in causing damaging, and often lethal, infectious diseases in plants and animals.
Contents:
Intro; Series Preface; Volume Preface; Contents;
Chapter 1: Carbon Cycle Implications of Soil Microbial Interactions; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Allocation Patterns; 1.2.1 Interaction-Mediated Phenotypic Plasticity; 1.2.1.1 Interaction Agents in the Soil Environment; 1.2.1.2 Soil Biofilms; 1.2.1.3 Growth and Dormancy; 1.3 Evolution of Traits with Carbon Cycling Consequences; 1.3.1 Horizontal Gene Transfer; 1.3.2 Cheaters; 1.3.3 Black Queen, Cross-Feeding, and Syntrophy; 1.4 Community Structure; 1.4.1 Community Composition Is Determined by Microbial Interactions 1.4.1.1 Spatially Defined Interactions1.4.1.2 Inhibition and Reduction of Niche Overlap; 1.4.1.3 Fungal Interactions; 1.4.2 Evolutionary Feedbacks on Carbon Cycling; 1.5 Conclusion; References;
Chapter 2: Qualitative and Quantitative Aspects of the Modern Nitrogen Cycle; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Processes Old and New; 2.2.1 Immobilization and Mobilization (Uptake and Mineralization); 2.2.2 Nitrification; 2.2.3 Nitrate Reduction; 2.2.3.1 Assimilatory Nitrate Reduction; 2.2.3.2 Denitrification; 2.2.3.3 Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction; 2.2.3.4 Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) 2.2.4 Nitrogen Fixation 2.2.4.1 Biological Nitrogen Fixation; 2.2.4.2 Industrial Nitrogen Fixation by the Haber-Bosch Process; 2.3 Quantitative Aspects of the Modern Nitrogen Cycle; 2.4 Conclusion; References;
Chapter 3: Integrating Soil Microbiology into Ecosystem Science; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Physiological Traits that Scale to Ecosystem Processes; 3.2.1 Carbon Use Efficiency; 3.2.2 Microbial Temperature Responses; 3.2.3 Stoichiometry of Microbial Cells in Relation to Soil Organic Matter; 3.2.4 Extracellular Enzymes; 3.2.5 Stress Tolerance 3.3 Microbial Community Interactions that Impact Ecosystem Processes3.3.1 Microbial Food Webs; 3.3.2 Competition and Synergism in Microbial Communities; 3.4 The Impact of Plant-Microbe Interactions on Ecosystem Processes and Global Change; 3.4.1 Global Change and Nutrient Cycling; 3.4.2 Soil Feedbacks and Plant Community Change; 3.5 Relating Soil Microbial Community Structure to Ecosystem Function; 3.5.1 Predicting Ecological Strategies from Taxonomy; 3.5.2 Assigning Ecological Roles Based on DNA Sequence Data; 3.5.3 Temperature Responses Versus Taxonomy 3.5.4 Emergent Properties of Microbial Communities: The Importance of Diversity in Ecosystem Functioning3.6 Integrating Microbial Diversity and Physiology into Ecosystem Models; 3.6.1 Emergence of Microbial Models; 3.6.2 Classification of Microbial Physiology and Diversity Simulated in Selected Models; 3.6.2.1 Physiological Limits; 3.6.2.2 Microbial Growth; 3.6.2.3 Plant-Microbe Interactions; 3.6.2.4 Stoichiometry; 3.6.2.5 Microbial Community Interactions; 3.6.2.6 Microbial Dormancy; 3.6.2.7 Community Structure; 3.7 Conclusion; References