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Biodiversity of Microbial Life: Foundation of Earth's Biosphere

by James T. Staley
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780471254331
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Wiley-Liss
  • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Liss
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  • Pages: 592
  • Original Price: GBP 171.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 953 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Life Sciences / Biology, Life Sciences / Microbiology, and Microbiology

Biodiversity of Microbial Life places the importance and novelty of the diversity of the microbial world in perspective with the biodiversity of plants and animals. Microbial diversity has driven the evolution of all life on Earth as well as the nutrient cycles, which are key to the operation of the biosphere. Microorganisms live in all ecosystems, even extreme environments not habitable to other organisms. Noted experts including Carl Woese, the originator of the Tree of Life, and Rita Colwell, who is now Director of the National Science Foundation, offer their unique perspectives on the extent and importance of microbial biodiversity. Special emphasis is placed on:
* Evolution, speciation, and contrasts between microbial biodiversity and plant and animal biodiversity
* Physiological and metabolic diversity of microorganisms
* Biodiversity of microbial life in terrestrial and marine environments
* Symbioses between microorganisms and plants, insects, and humans
* Extreme environments populated exclusively or primarily by microorganisms including thermal vents and hot springs, polar sea ice environments, and subterranean ecosystems
* Microorganisms and biotechnology

Biodiversity of Microbial Life is an essential resource for all biologists interested in biodiversity.

A professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, Dr. James T. Staley received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1967. He also serves as Chairman of Bergey's Manual Trust and holds positions on the editorial boards of Geomicrobiology, Diversity and Conservation, and Environmental Microbiology. His primary research interest is general microbiology with an emphasis on microbial evolution, diversity, ecology and bacterial taxonomy.

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