TY - BOOK ID - 14221259 TI - Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry AU - Parmar, Nagina. AU - Singh, Ajay. PY - 2014 SN - 3642418368 3642418376 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Geomicrobiology. KW - Biogeochemistry. KW - Geological microbiology KW - Microbiological geology KW - Earth sciences. KW - Microbiology. KW - Geobiology. KW - Earth Sciences. KW - Biogeosciences. KW - Applied Microbiology. KW - Geobiology KW - Microbiology KW - Biochemistry KW - Geochemistry KW - Microbial biology KW - Biology KW - Microorganisms KW - Earth sciences KW - Biosphere UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14221259 AB - Over the past 4 billion years, microorganisms have contributed to shaping the earth and making it more habitable for higher forms of life. They are remarkable in their metabolic diversity and their ability to harvest energy from oxidation and reduction reactions. Research on these microbiological processes has led to the newly evolving fields of geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry, linking the geosphere and the biosphere. This volume of the Soil Biology series provides an overview of the biogeochemical processes and the microorganisms involved, with an emphasis on the industrial applications. Topics treated include aspects such as bioremediation of contaminated environments, biomining, biotechnological applications of extremophiles, subsurface petroleum microbiology, enhanced oil recovery using microbes and their products, metal extraction from soil, soil elemental cycling and plant nutrition. ER -