
The Spatial Distribution of Microbes in the Environment
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 19. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 333 pages
978-90-481-7570-3 (ISBN)
Description
In my first microbiology class in 1968, Richard Wodzinki opened his first lecture with "Wodzinski's Laws of Bacteriology. " Those laws were (1) Bacteria are very very small, (2) Bacteria are our friends, and (3) Bacteria always have the last word. These simple statements motivated a career of curiosity, and started me on a wild ride of discovery with my miniscule colleagues. The realization that an entity so tiny could mediate critical ecological p- cesses observed across scales of kilometers begs for an explanation of how populations and communities are distributed within those large spaces. How big is a microbial community? Where does one stop and another start? Are there rules of organization of the communities into spatially discrete patches, and can those patches be correlated with observed processes and process rates? Over the years I have added what I tell my classes are "Mills' Corrolaries to Wodzinski's Laws. " With respect to the topic of this volume, the corollaries to the first law are: (1a) But there are a whole lot of them, and (1b) They can grow very very fast. Again, distribution in space and time is a central theme, and it has motivated much of my effort over the last 30 years.
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Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XI, 333 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
528 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-481-7570-3 (9789048175703)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-6216-2
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Content
Statistical Analysis Of Spatial Structure In Microbial Communities.- Bacterial Interactions At The Microscale - Linking Habitat To Function In Soil.- Spatial Distribution Of Bacteria At The Microscale In Soil.- Analysis Of Spatial Patterns Of Rhizoplane Colonization.- Microbial Distributions And Their Potential Controlling Factors In Terrestrial Subsurface Environments.- Spatial Organisation Of Soil Fungi.- Spatial Heterogeneity Of Planktonic Microorganisms In Aquatic Systems.- The Interrelationship Between The Spatial Distribution Of Microorganisms And Vegetation In Forest Soils.