Microbial Ecology

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See, stats, and : https : / / www . researchgate . net / publication / 220042970 Microbial Article DOI : 10 . 1007 / 978 - 1 - 60327 - 140 - 0_4 CITATIONS 6 READS 3 , 063 1 : Some : Bioprocess − " Investigation Molybdenum " , US Department (DOD) , July - December , Co - Principal Investigator. Christodoulatos . $416 , 000 Nicolai Massachusetts 183 , 748 SEE All . The .AbstractEcologyisthesciencethatspecificallyexaminestherelationshipbetweenmicroor-ganismsandtheirbioticandabioticenvironment.Likeplant,animalandhumanecology,themicrobialecologyappliesthegeneralecologicalprinciplestoexplainlifefunctionsofmicroorganismsinsitu,i.e.,directlyintheirnaturalenvironmentratherthansimulatedunderartificiallaboratoryconditionsexsituorinvitro.Inthischapter"MicrobialEcology,"wewillfocusonspecificaspectsofthisextensivescientificdiscipline,whichseemtobeessentialforbiotechnologicaldevelopments.Assumingthatthereaderisnotaprofessionalecologist,inthefirstpartofthechapterwesummarizethemajortheoreticalconceptsand"laws"ofmacroecologyneededtounderstandthelanguageinthisesotericarea.Thesecondpartdealswiththemoderninstrumentsandtoolsofmicrobialecology.ThefinalandthirdpartofthechaptersurveysthemajortypesoftheEarth'secosystemswithspecialemphasisonquantitativeanalysisofthediversityofnaturalenvironmentsandmicrobialinhabitantsaswellasbiotechnologicalapplicationsassociatedwiththerespectivenaturalecosystems.