1 Principal-Components and Factor Analysis for the Description of Microbial Populations
1. Introduction
2. Adansonian Classification and Microbiology
3. Methods for Collecting Primary Data
4. Factor Analysis for Describing Microbial Populations
5. Applications of Factor Analysis in Environmental Microbiology
6. Conclusions and Perspectives
References
2 Limiting Factors for Microbial Growth and Activity in Soil
1. Introduction
2. The Soil Habitat
3. Methodology for Study of Limiting Factors in Soil
4. Major Limiting Factors
5. Factors Limiting Growth and Activity for Selected Processes
6. Modeling Microbial Growth and Activity in Soil
References
3 Eco-Physiological Aspects of Microbial Growth in Aerobic Nutrient-Limited Environments
1. Introduction
2. Mechanisms of Adaptation to Low-Nutrient Environments
3. Bioenergetic Considerations
4. Transient-State Phenomena: Microbial Reactivity
5. Conclusions
References
4 Role of Microorganisms in the Atmospheric Sulfur Cycle
1. Introduction
2. Microbial Production of Volatile Sulfur Compounds
3. Microbial Sources of Atmospheric Sulfur
4. Microbial Sinks of Atmospheric Sulfur
5. Conclusions
References
5 Microbiological Aspects of Regulating the Carbon Monoxide Content in the Earth’s Atmosphere
1. Introduction
2. Carbon Monoxide in the Atmosphere
3. Abiogenic Processes in the CO Cycle
4. Role of Biological Agencies in Forming and Binding CO
5. Carboxydobacteria
6. Comparative Role of Different Factors in the CO Cycle
References
6 Microbial Ecology of the Human Skin
1. The Environment
2. Cutaneous Microflora
3. Microbes in Their Habitat
References.