Includes bibliographical references and index.

Microbial diversity and phylogeny : extending from rRNAs to genomes / James R. Cole ... [et al.] -- Genomics and metagenomics : history and progress / Karen E. Nelson, Peter A. Bryan and Bryan A. White -- Metaproteomics : techniques and applications / Brian D. Dill ... [et al.] -- Nucleic-acid-based characterization of community structure and function / James Prosser, Janet K. Jansson and Wen-Tso Liu -- The use of microarrays in microbial ecology / Gary L. Andersen ... [et al.] -- The soil environment / Kornelia Smalla and Jan Dirk van Elsas -- Plant-associated microbial communities / George A. Kowalchuk ... [et al.] -- Marine environments / Alexander H. Treusch, Ulrich Stingl and Stephen J. Giovannoni -- The Human environment / Johan Dicksved, Liping Zhao and Janet K. Jansson -- Wastewater treatment / Satoshi Okabe and Yoichi Kamagata -- The impact and molecular genetics of bacterial biofilms / Shuwen An, Yi-Hu Dong and Lian-Hui Zhang. This book highlights the current state-of-the-art of environmental molecular microbiology. International experts have contributed chapters that describe the various technologies and their applications in environmental microbiology.