Environmental microbiology : a laboratory manual /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier Academic Press,
©2005.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=187198 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- BASICS
- MANUAL CONVENTIONS
- SUGGESTED SOIL TYPES AND TESTS
- SECTION ONE: Basic Protocols
- EXPERIMENT 1: Dilution and Plating of Bacteria and Growth Curves
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- EXAMPLE CALCULATION OF MEAN GENERATION TIME
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCE
- EXPERIMENT 2: Soil Moisture Content Determination
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- EXAMPLE CALCULATIONS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- SECTION TWO: Examination of Soil Microorganisms Via Microscopic and Cultural Assays
- EXPERIMENT 3: Contact Slide Assay
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 4: Filamentous Fungi
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- CALCULATIONS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 5: Bacteria and Actinomycetes
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 6: Algae: Enumeration by MPN
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- CALCULATIONS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- SECTION THREE: Microbial Transformations and Response to Contaminants
- EXPERIMENT 7: Oxidation of Sulfur in Soil
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- CALCULATIONS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 8: Dehydrogenase Activity of Soils
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- EXAMPLE CALCULATIONS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 9: Nitrification and Denitrification
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- ASSIGNMENT AND QUESTIONS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 10: Enrichment and Isolation of Bacteria that Degrade 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 11: Adaptation of Soil Bacteria to Metals
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 12: Biodegradation of Phenol Compounds
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- POTENTIAL HAZARDS
- CALCULATIONS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 13: Assimilable Organic Carbon
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- CALCULATIONS
- QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS
- REFERENCES
- EXPERIMENT 14: Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- OVERVIEW
- THEORY AND SIGNIFICANCE
- PROCEDURE
- TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- POTENTI.