Research Catalog

Title

Molecular approaches to environmental microbiology / edited by R.W. Pickup and J.R. Saunders.

Publication

London ; New York : Ellis Horwood, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Pickup, R. W. (Roger W.)
• Saunders, Jon R., 1949-

Description

x, 262 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Microbial ecology
• Molecular microbiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Modern molecular techniques and environmental microbiology / J. Gwynfryn Jones -- 2. The ecology and evolution of bacterial plasmids / J. R. Saunders, V. A. Saunders and R. W. Pickup -- 3. The use of 16S ribosomal RNA sequences in microbial ecology / T. Martin Embley and Erko Stackebrandt -- 4. Nucleic acid techniques in the environmental detection of microorganisms and their activities / John P. Bowman and Gary S. Sayler -- 5. Marker gene technology in environmental microbiology / Venetia A. Saunders -- 6. Immunological approaches to the analysis of microbial populations / J. P. Carter and J. M. Lynch -- 7. Flow cytometry for the targeted analysis of the structure and function of microbial populations / C. Edwards, J. Diaper and J. Porter -- 8. The use of insertion sequences for the identification and specific detection of bacterial strains with particular reference to Rhizobium meliloti / Roger Wheatcroft --
• 9. Pyrolysis mass spectrometry in the investigation of clinicoenvironmental infection problems / R. Freeman, P. R. Sisson, N. F. Lightfoot and A. C. Ward -- 10. Detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in water: current status and future prospects / Huw V. Smith -- 11. Survival of bacteria in the environment / J. A. W. Morgan and C. Winstanley -- 12. The molecular basis of rhizosphere competence in Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Charles H. Shaw.

ISBN

0130154962 (cased : alk. paper)

LCCN

95034331

OCLC

ocm32856157

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries