Bacterial communities by location and function -- Common bacteriologically initiated events -- Bacteria are everywhere: Classification of alpha groups of bacterial consorms -- Preliminary differentiation of alpha bacterial consorms -- Environmental dynamics of bacterial consorms -- Bacterial consormial challenges -- Detailed identification of bacterial consorms -- Biochemical methods for identification of consorms -- Identifying bacterial consorms using BART -- Introduction to grid-formatted bacteriological atlas -- Defining bacterial consorms in gridded atlas format -- Natural bacteriological consorms
Summary
Published nearly ten years ago, the first edition broke new ground with the wealth of detail and breadth of information it provided. The second edition is poised to do the same. Differing fundamentally from the first edition, this book begins by introducing the concept of bacteria community intelligence as reflected in corrosion, plugging, and shifts in the quality parameters in the product whether it be water, gas, oil, or even air. It presents a new classification system for bacterial communities based upon their effects and activities, and not their composition
