Section A: Introduction .
Chapter 1 Current and future perspectives on the environmental importance of microorganisms
Harold L. Drake and Shuang-Jiang Liu
Section B: Microbial Cycling of Elements in Diverse Habitats
Chapter 2 Two impossible microbes with global implications: the nitrite-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane and ammonium
Mike Jetten, Huub Op den Camp, Jan Keltjens and Marc Strous
Chapter 3 Microbial diversity in the deep-sea environments revealed by combined molecular approaches
Xiang Xiao, Fengping Wang and Jun Meng
Chapter 4 Exploring an unknown world: bacteria of the deep biosphere below the seafloor
Heribert Cypionka
Chapter 5 Temperature effects on methanogenic microbial communities
Ralf Conrad
Chapter 6 Microbial diversity under long-term fertilization regimes of Chinese soils
Ji-zheng He
Chapter 7 Functional gene assessment of denitrifying Prokaryotes: implications for understanding the ecology of denitrifiers
Sara Hallin
Chapter 8 Uncultured microorganisms in Hainan mangrove soil: diversity and functiona genes
Kui Hong and Bing Yan
Chapter 9 Acetogens: anaerobic gamblers at the oxic-anoxic interface
Chapter10 phosephorus cycling at water: sediment interface mediated by phosphorussolublizing bacteria
Chapter11 Planktonic bacteria in Chinese and European lakes: are they different:
Chapter12 Phototrophic consortia: model systems for the interaction between nonrelated bacteria
Section C: Bioremediation and Bioaugmentation: Harnessing Microbes
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