CRC Handbook of Laboratory Model Systems for Microbial Ecosystems, Volume II
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Summary
These volumes present the main classes of useful laboratory model systems used to study microbial ecosystems, with emphasis on the practical details for the use of each model. The most commonly used model, the homogeneous fermenter, is featured along with linked homogeneous culture systems, film fermenters, and percolating columns. Additionally, gel-stabilized culture systems which incorporate molecular diffusion as their main solute transfer mechanism and the microbial colony are explained. Chapters comparing model systems with "microcosms" are included, along with discussions of the value of computer models in microbial ecosystem research. Highlighted is a global discussion of the value of laboratory models in microbial ecology.
Table of Contents
Volume II:
One-Dimensional Gel-Stabilized Model Systems
The Use of Packed Column Reactors to Study Microbial Transformations in the Soil
Environmental Models in the Study of Soil Microbiology
The Perfil'ev Convectional Flow Technique for Modeling Stratified Natural Aquatic Communities
The Bacterial Colony
Laboratory and Theoretical Models for the Effects of Bacterial Motility and Chemotaxis of Microbial Population Growth
Cell Quota Models and Planktonic Primary Production
The Role of Mathematical Models and Experimental Ecosystems in the Study of Microbial Ecology
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