TY - BOOK ID - 8285857 TI - Their World: A Diversity of Microbial Environments PY - 2016 SN - 3319280694 3319280716 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Life sciences. KW - Ecosystems. KW - Microbial ecology. KW - Microbiology. KW - Marine sciences. KW - Freshwater. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Microbial Ecology. KW - Marine & Freshwater Sciences. KW - Microorganisms. KW - Germs KW - Micro-organisms KW - Microbes KW - Microscopic organisms KW - Environmental microbiology KW - Microorganisms KW - Ecology KW - Microbiology KW - Organisms KW - Marine Sciences. KW - Endangered ecosystems. KW - Threatened ecosystems KW - Biotic communities KW - Nature conservation KW - Ocean sciences KW - Aquatic sciences KW - Microbial biology KW - Biology KW - Biocenoses KW - Biocoenoses KW - Biogeoecology KW - Biological communities KW - Biomes KW - Biotic community ecology KW - Communities, Biotic KW - Community ecology, Biotic KW - Ecological communities KW - Ecosystems KW - Natural communities KW - Population biology KW - Fresh waters KW - Freshwater KW - Freshwaters KW - Inland water KW - Inland waters KW - Water UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8285857 AB - This volume summarizes recent advances in environmental microbiology by providing fascinating insights into the diversity of microbial life that exists on our planet. The first two chapters present theoretical perspectives that help to consolidate our understanding of evolution as an adaptive process by which the niche and habitat of each species develop in a manner that interconnects individual components of an ecosystem. This results in communities that function by simultaneously coordinating their metabolic and physiologic actions. The third contribution addresses the fossil record of microorganisms, and the subsequent chapters then introduce the microbial life that currently exists in various terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Coverage of the geosphere addresses endolithic organisms, life in caves and the deep continental biosphere, including how subsurface microbial life may impact spent nuclear fuel repositories. The discussion of the hydrosphere includes hypersaline environments and arctic food chains. By better understanding examples from the micro biosphere, we can elucidate the many ways in which the niches of different species, both large and small, interconnect within the overlapping habitats of this world, which is governed by its microorganisms. ER -