Molecular Approaches to Soil, Rhizosphere and Plant Microorganism Analysis

Hardback  352 pp  ISBN 9781845930622      £81.00

Of interest to soil and plant microbiologists and ecologists.

Contents

• Genomic analyses of microbial processes in biogeochemical cycles, S Sharma, H Karl and M Schloter, GSF-National Research Centre for Environment and Health, Germany
• Applications of nucleic acid microarrays in soil microbial ecology, A Loy and M W Taylor, University of Vienna, Austria, L Bodrossy, ARC Seibersdorf Research GmbH, Austria and M Wagner, University of Vienna, Austria
• Metagenomics for the study of soil microbial communities, H Steele and W R Streit, Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Germany
• In vivo expression technology (IVET) for studying nichespecific gene expression by plant- and soil-colonizing bacteria, H Rediers, De Nayer Instituut, Belgium and R de Mot, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
• Analysing microbial community structure and diversity by means of terminal restriction length polymorphism (TRFLP), C B Blackwood, University of Michigan, USA
• Characterisation of phylloplane and rhizosphere microbial populations using PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), M O€Callaghan, AgResearch, New Zealand N Lorenz, Ohio State University, USA and E L Gerard, AgResearch, New Zealand
• Molecular tools for studying plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), A Franks, R Ryan, A Abbas, National University of Ireland, Ireland, G L Mark and F O€Gara, National University of Ireland, Ireland
• Detection of autotrophic sulphur- and iron-oxidising bacteria using labelled fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), A Lipski, Universitat Osnabruck, Germany
• Molecular analyses of soil denitrifying bacteria, L Philippot, Universite de Bourgogne, France and S Hallin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
• Ecology of Streptomyces in soil and rhizosphere, J L Strap and D L Crawford, University of Idaho, USA
• Molecular ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities: New frontiers, I C Anderson, The Macaulay Institute, Scotland, UK
• Molecular ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A review of PCR-based techniques, D Redecker, University of Basel, Switzerland
• Transcriptomics for determining gene expression in symbiotic root-fungus interactions, P Franken, Institute for Vegetables and Ornamental Crops, Germany and F Krajinski, University of Hannover, Germany
• Differentiation of nitrogen-fixing legume root nodule bacteria (rhizobia), K Lindström, P Kokko-Gonzales, Z Terefework and L A Räsänen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Molecular markers for studying the ecology of rhizobia, A Sessitsch, ARC Seibersdorf Research GmbH, Austria
• Molecular characterization of bacterial plant pathogens, S A Godfrey, Oxford Brookes University, UK and R W Jackson, University of Bath, UK