Keywords:
Microbial ecology.
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Ecology .
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Soil science.
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Microbial genetics.
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Environment.
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Earth sciences.
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: A Brief Introduction to Hot Desert Environments: Climate, Geomorphology, Habitats and Soils -- Chapter 2: Novel methods for studying the structure and function of hot desert microorganisms and their communities -- Chapter 3: Phototrophic Mats of the Desert: The Bacteria of the Biological Soil Crust Community- Chapter 4: Microbial Ecology of Hot Desert Soils -- Chapter 5: Biology of Desert Endolithic Habitats -- Chapter 6: Journey of a thousand miles: The evolution of our understanding of viruses in hot Deserts -- Chapter 7: C, N and P nutrient cycling in Drylands -- Chapter 8: Diversity and plant growth promoting properties of microbiomes associated with plants in desert soils -- Chapter 9: Insights of Extreme Desert Ecology to the Habitats and Habitability of Mars -- Chapter 10: Survival under stress: Microbial adaptation in hot desert soils -- Chapter 11: The response of soil microbial communities to hydration and desiccation cycles in hot desert ecosystems -- Chapter 12: Hot Desert Microbiology: Perspectives in a Warming World.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 349 p. 49 illus. in color.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2022.
ISBN:
9783030984151
Series Statement:
Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis 244
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98415-1
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-98415-1
Language:
English
