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• Editorial Board(p. xi)
• Contributors(p. xiii)
• Preface(p. xix)
• Section I Introduction to Environmental Microbiology(p. 1)
• 1 Introduction to Environmental Microbiology(p. 3)
• 2 Neighborhoods and Community Involvement: No Microbe Is an Island(p. 6)
• 3 Prokaryotic Diversity: Form, Ecophysiology, and Habitat(p. 19)
• Section II General Methodology(p. 33)
• 4 Overview: General Methodology(p. 35)
• 5 Analytical Imaging and Microscopy Techniques(p. 39)
• 6 Cultivation of Bacteria and Fungi(p. 62)
• 7 Cultivation of Algae and Protozoa(p. 71)
• 8 Cultivation and Assay of Animal Viruses(p. 84)
• 9 Cultivation of Microbial Consortia and Communities
• 10 Biochemical Approaches to Biomass Measurements and Community Structure Analysis(p. 101)
• 11 Molecular Approaches for the Measurement of Density, Diversity, and Phylogeny(p. 114)
• 12 Application of Physiological Profiles to Assessment of Community Properties(p. 135)
• 13 Emerging Technologies: Bioreporters, Biosensors, and Microprobes(p. 147)
• 14 Quality Assurance(p. 158)
• 15 Sampling and Data Analysis for Environmental Microbiology(p. 166)
• Section III Water Microbiology in Public Health(p. 179)
• 16 Overview of Water Microbiology as It Relates to Public Health(p. 181)
• 17 Waterborne Transmission of Infectious Agents(p. 184)
• 18 Detection of Microorganisms in Environmental Freshwaters and Drinking Waters(p. 205)
• 19 Detection of Protozoan Parasites in Source and Finished Drinking Waters(p. 220)
• 20 Microbial Indicators of Marine Recreational Water Quality(p. 234)
• 21 Detection of Viruses in Environmental Waters, Sewage, and Sewage Sludges(p. 244)
• 22 Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Wastewater and Sludge(p. 254)
• 23 Detection of Bacteria, Viruses, and Parasitic Protozoa in Shellfish(p. 264)
• 24 Control of Microorganisms in Source Water and Drinking Water(p. 277)
• 25 Assessing the Efficiency of Wastewater Treatment(p. 285)
• 26 Modeling the Fate of Microorganisms in Water, Wastewater, and Soil(p. 300)
• 27 Estimating the Risk of Infectious Disease Associated with Pathogens in Drinking Water(p. 309)
• Section IV Aquatic Environments(p. 321)
• 28 Overview of Issues in Aquatic Microbial Ecology(p. 323)
• 29 Primary Productivity and Producers(p. 329)
• 30 Molecular Methods for Detecting and Characterizing Harmful Phytoplankton(p. 342)
• 31 Bacterial Secondary Productivity(p. 354)
• 32 Community Structure: Viruses(p. 364)
• 33 Community Structure: Bacteria and Archaea(p. 371)
• 34 Protistan Community Structure(p. 378)
• 35 Biomass, Growth Rate, and Production of Filamentous Fungi in Plant Litter(p. 390)
• 36 Phagotrophy in Aquatic Microbial Food Webs(p. 409)
• 37 Radiotracer ([superscript 14]C and [superscript 3]H) Assays for Benthic Microbial Organic Matter Transformations(p. 419)
• 38 Sulfur Cycling(p. 427)
• 39 Microbial Nitrogen Cycling(p. 439)
• 40 Phosphorus Cycling(p. 450)
• 41 Metal Requirements and Tolerance(p. 456)
• 42 Colonization, Adhesion, Aggregation, and Biofilms(p. 466)
• 43 Unusual or Extreme High-Pressure Marine Environments(p. 478)
• 44 Field and Laboratory Methods for Meiofaunal Research(p. 491)
• Section V Soil, Rhizosphere, and Phyllosphere(p. 500)
• 45 Introduction and Overview: Soil, Rhizosphere, and Phyllosphere(p. 503)
• 46 Methods for Sampling Soil Microbes(p. 505)
• 47 Sampling Microbes from the Rhizosphere and Phyllosphere(p. 516)
• 48 Sampling Viruses from Soil(p. 527)
• 49 Isolation, Culture, and Detection of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi(p. 535)
• 50 Isolation, In Planta Detection, and Culture of Endophytic Bacteria and Fungi(p. 543)
• 51 Methods of Soil Microbial Community Analysis(p. 554)
• 52 Isolation and Purification of Microbial Community Nucleic Acids from Environmental Samples(p. 564)
• 53 PCR Applications for Plant and Soil Microbes(p. 573)
• 54 Quantification of Nitrogen Transformations(p. 583)
• 55 Quantifying the Metabolic Activity of Soil- and Plant-Associated Microbes(p. 591)
• 56 Assessment of Extracellular Enzymatic Activity in Soil(p. 597)
• 57 Antibiotic, Chromogenic, and Luminescent Markers for Bacteria(p. 604)
• 58 Use of Fluorescent Antibodies for Studying the Ecology of Soil- and Plant-Associated Microbes(p. 615)
• 59 Reporter Gene Systems Useful in Evaluating In Situ Gene Expression by Soil-and Plant-Associated Bacteria(p. 627)
• 60 Antibiotic Production by Soil and Rhizosphere Microbes In Situ(p. 638)
• 61 Quantification of Gene Transfer in Soil and the Phytosphere(p. 648)
• 62 Research Methods for Microorganisms Interacting with Arthropods in Soil(p. 660)
• Section VI Subsurface and Landfills(p. 673)
• 63 Overview of Issues in Subsurface and Landfill Microbiology(p. 675)
• 64 Drilling, Coring, and Sampling Subsurface Environments(p. 679)
• 65 Anaerobic Decomposition of Refuse in Landfills and Methane Oxidation in Landfill Cover Soils(p. 696)
• 66 The Biogeochemistry of Aquifer Systems(p. 719)
• 67 Stable Carbon Isotopes as Indicators of Microbial Activity in Aquifers(p. 728)
• 68 Determining the Terminal Electron-Accepting Reaction in the Saturated Subsurface(p. 743)
• 69 Transport of Microorganisms in the Terrestrial Subsurface: In Situ and Laboratory Methods(p. 753)
• 70 Oil Field Microbiology(p. 777)
• 71 Placement of Drinking Water Wells and Their Protection(p. 788)
• Section VII Aerobiology(p. 799)
• 72 Introduction to Aerobiology(p. 801)
• 73 Sampling and Analysis of Airborne Microorganisms(p. 814)
• 74 Fate and Transport of Microorganisms in Air(p. 827)
• 75 Airborne Fungi and Mycotoxins(p. 839)
• 76 Airborne Endotoxin(p. 853)
• 77 Legionellae and Legionnaires' Disease(p. 860)
• 78 Airborne Viruses(p. 871)
• 79 Aerobiology of Agricultural Pathogens(p. 884)
• Section VIII Biotransformation and Biodegranation(p. 898)
• 80 Overview: Biotransformation and Biodegradation(p. 901)
• 81 Methods for Determining Biodegradability(p. 903)
• 82 Measuring and Modeling Physicochemical Limitations to Bioavailability and Biodegradation(p. 916)
• 83 Lignocellulose Biodegradation(p. 925)
• 84 Methods for Measuring Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Soils(p. 934)
• 85 Soil Bioventilation and Modeling of Airflow in Soil(p. 944)
• 86 Bioaugmentation
• 87 Use of Fungi in Biodegradation(p. 960)
• 88 Methods for Isolation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)-Degrading Microorganisms and Procedures for Determination of Biodegradation Intermediates and Environmental Monitoring of PAHs(p. 972)
• 89 Biodegradation, Transformation, and Bioremediation of Nitroaromatic Compounds(p. 987)
• 90 Biodegradation of Halogenated Solvents(p. 997)
• 91 Methods for Assessing Anaerobic Biodegradation Potential(p. 1008)
• 92 The Ecology of Iron-Reducing Bacteria in Pristine and Contaminated Environments
• 93 Biotransformations of Polychlorinated Biphenyls(p. 1028)
• 94 Biodegradation of Agricultural Chemicals(p. 1038)
• 95 Use of Bioreactors and Microcosms To Assess the Biodegradation Potential of Soils(p. 1049)
• 96 Microbiology for the Metal Mining Industry
• 97 Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: Perspectives and Approaches(p. 1072)
• 98 Scale-Up of Processes for Bioremediation(p. 1084)
• Author Index(p. 1095)
• Subject Index(p. 1097)