Environmental Metal-Microbe Interactions

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-1-55581-195-2
Verlag: American Society for Microbiology

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 186 mm x 263 mm, Gewicht: 956 g

This specialist research-level monograph presents an overview of environmentally significant microbe-metal interactions, covering both enzymatic and non-enzymatic reactions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lovley, Derek

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Mikrobiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Biogeochemical Cycling of Iron and Manganese.

1. Dissimilatory Fe(III) and Mn(IV) Reduction.

2. Microbial Oxidation Fe(III) and Mn(II) at Circumneutral pH.

3. Phylogenetic and Biochemical Diversity Among Acidophilic Bacteria that Respire on Iron.

4. Trace Metal-Phytoplankton Interactions in Aquatic Systems.

5. Biologically Controlled Mineralization of Magnetic Iron Minerals by Magnetotactic Bacteria.

6. The Role of Siderophores in Iron Oxide Dissolution.

7. Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Steel.

Part II. Microbial Ineractions with Toxic Metals-Biomineralization and Bioremediation.

8. Microbial Mercury Reduction.

9. Dissimilatory Reduction of Selenate and Arsenate in Nature.

10. Microbial Chromate Reduction.

11. Influence of Fungi and Environmental Mobility Metals and Metalloids.

12. Bacterial Surface-Mediated Mineral Formation.

13. Bioremediation of Radioactive Metals.

14. Biosorption Process for Heavy Metal Removal.

15. Biodegradation of Synthetic Chelating Agents