Microbial Growth Kinetics

N.S. Panikov (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

378 Seiten

1995
Chapman and Hall (Verlag)
978-0-412-56630-1 (ISBN)

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Microbial Growth Kinetics opens with a critical review of the history of microbial kinetics from the 19th century to the present day. The results of original investigations into the growth of soil microbes in both laboratory and natural environments are summarised. The book emphasises the analysis of complex dynamic behaviour of microorganism populations. Non-steady states and unbalanced growth, multiple limitation, survival under starvation, differentiation, morphological variability, colony and biofilm growth, mixed cultures and microbial population dynamics in soil are all examined. Mathematical models are proposed which give mechanistic explanations to many features of microbial growth. The book takes general kinetic principles and their ecological applications and presents them in a way specifically designed for the microbiologist. This in itself is unusual but taken with the book's fascinating historical overview and the many fresh and sometimes controversial ideas expressed, this book is a must for all advanced students of microbiology and researchers in microbial ecology and growth.

Preface. Historical development of microbial growth theory. Diversity of patterns of microbial growth in situ and ex situ. Microbial growth under homogeneous conditions. Growth kinetics and the life strategy of microbial populations. Microbial growth in soil. Appendix: Derivation of mathematical models and identification of kinetic parameters. References. Index.

Zusatzinfo	X, 378 p.
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-412-56630-3 / 0412566303
ISBN-13	978-0-412-56630-1 / 9780412566301
Zustand	Neuware