The Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria

ISBN-10
0521257913
ISBN-13
9780521257916
Category
Science / Life Sciences / Microbiology
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
1984-03-08
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
J. R. Postgate

Description

Classification. Cultivation and growth. Structure and chemical composition. Metabolism. Some theoretical data. Broad metabolic patterns. CO2 assimilation. Carbon dissimilation. Hydrogen metabolism. Electron transport. Dissimilatory sulphur metabolism. Energy metabolism. Metabolism of nitrogen. Metabolism of phosphorus. Metabolism of iron. Metabolic regulation. Metabolic inhibitors. Evolution. Ecology and distribution. Environmental effects of sulphate reduction. Populations in natural environments. Consortia and syntrophs. Role in the sulfuretum. Economic activities. Pollution of water. Release of phosphate in water. Pollution of soil and sand. Purification of wastes. Corrosion of metals and stonework. Formation of mineral deposits. Food spoilage. Oil technology. Contamination of gas. Paper technology. Animal nutrition. Pathogenicity. Miscellanous economic activities. Epilogue. Characters of certain strains of sulphate-reducing bacteria held in National collections of bacteria. Selected list of inhibitors of sulphate-reducing bacteria.

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