Biology - Microbiology, Biology - Biotechnology, Ecology - General & Miscellaneous, Biotechnology & Bioengineering, Microbiology, Biochemical Engineering
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Overview
These volumes present the main classes of useful laboratory model systems used to study microbial ecosystems, with emphasis on the practical details for the use of each model. The most commonly used model, the homogeneous fermenter, is featured along with linked homogeneous culture systems, film fermenters, and percolating columns. Additionally, gel-stabilized culture systems which incorporate molecular diffusion as their main solute transfer mechanism and the microbial colony are explained. Chapters comparing model systems with "microcosms" are included, along with discussions of the value of computer models in microbial ecosystem research. Highlighted is a global discussion of the value of laboratory models in microbial ecology.Editorials
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Volume two contains eight more experimental model systems that are used to investigate microbial behavior in nature. Topics include: one- dimensional gel-stabilized model systems; the use of packed column reactors to study microbial transformations in the soil; experimental models in the study of soil microbiology; the Peril'ev conventional flow technique for modeling stratified natural aquatic communities; the bacterial colony; lab and theoretical models for the effects of bacterial motility and chemotaxis on microbial population growth; cell quota models and planktonic primary production; and the role of mathematical models and experimental ecosystems in the study of microbial ecology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
October 31, 1988
Publisher
Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c1988-
Pages
272
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780849329739