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Groundwater Microbiology

Book cover for Groundwater Microbiology
Publication year: 2021
Number of pages: 66

ISBN: 978-1-77470-005-1

Authors:

F. Grant Ferris: University of Toronto, Canada
Natalie Szponar: University of Toronto, Canada
Brock A. Edwards: University of Manitoba, Canada

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Last Update: 3 February 2022

Released: 28 September 2021

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Groundwater Microbiology

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Portuguese translation by Helen Treichel, Natalia Klanovicz, Aline Frumi Camargo & Thamarys Scapini

Released: 29 March 2023

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Microbiologia de Águas Subterrâneas

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Spanish translation by Juan Carlos Richard-Cerda, Maria Prieto-Espinoza, Joaquin Riquelme Fenner & Ma. Vicenta Esteller Alberich

Released: 3 September 2024

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Microbiología de Aguas Subterráneas

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Description

This book introduces the principals of groundwater microbiology, from aspects of cell structure and growth, to the bioenergetics and metabolism of subsurface microorganisms, to the geochemical and physical influences of widespread microbial activity on groundwater systems and water quality. The coupling of microorganisms with their geological surroundings – a bond established billions of years ago as life took hold on our planet – is of particular value in bioremediation and microbially induced mineral precipitation applications, such as the clean-up of contaminated groundwater systems or reducing aquifer permeability

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Contents

1 INTRODUCTION

2 MICROBIOLOGY

2.1 Prokaryote Cell Structure

2.2 Cell Growth and Environment

2.3 Mass Transport and Bioenergetic Considerations

2.4 Metabolic Groups

3 GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS AS HABITATS FOR MICROBIAL LIFE

4 INFLUENCE OF MICROORGANISMS ON GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY

4.1 Chemical Equilibria and Reaction Rates in Groundwater

4.2 Carbonate Equilibria and Groundwater Ph

4.3 Redox Conditions

4.4 Behavior of Bacteria as Geochemically Reactive Solids

4.5 Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation

5 TRANSPORT OF MICROBES IN GROUNDWATER

6 APPLIED GROUNDWATER MICROBIOLOGY

6.1 Microbial Bioremediation and Removal of Groundwater Contaminants

6.2 Applications of Microbially Induced Mineral Precipitation

7 CLOSING

8 EXERCISES

9 REFERENCES

10 EXERCISE SOLUTIONS

11 ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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