This book series addresses the questions of which microbes, microbial genes and
gene products are present at particular places and times, as well as the environmental
transport and survival capabilities of microbes. The authors define the ways in which
microorganisms interact chemically as well as physically with their surroundings,
including microbial actions that change our planet’s geochemistry. Advances in
Environmental Microbiology facilitates an understanding of how microbes have
contributed towards coevolutionary processes and addresses microbial contributions
to the successional colonization of environmental locations. The explorations of
topics include a microbiological perspective of public health, animal husbandry and
agricultural issues, including consideration of the fact that infectious diseases are
often either acquired from environmental reservoirs or transmitted through the
environment, plus an explanation of how microbial establishment either on or within
a host results in transformation of the colonization site into a microbially modified
environment. This series also will include both microbial pest control and microbial
diversity, along with insights into industrial production processes that are connected
to environmental microbiology.
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11961