Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Contents; Introduction; The Earth as a Microbial Habitat; The Origin of Life and Its Early History; The Lithosphere as a Microbial Habitat; The Hydrosphere as a Microbial Habitat; Geomicrobial Processes: A Physiological and Biochemical Overview; Methods in Geomicrobiology; Microbial Formation and Degradation of Carbonates; Geomicrobial Interactions with Silicon; Geomicrobiology of Aluminum: Microbes and Bauxite; Geomicrobial Interactions with Phosphorus
Summary
This work explores the role that microbes have played in specific geological processes - featuring findings on the expanding microbial habitat. It includes end-of-chapter summaries, more than 2800 literature citations and a glossary of key terms
