04426nam a2200337 450000100040000000500170000400700040002100800040002502000150002903500230004403500170006704000260008405000210011007000260013107200090015711100490016624502430021526001120045830000330057050400510060350508790065450509670153350510060250050504030350665000440390965000360395365000320398970000160402170000290403770000220406600020150305100204.0000000 a0851988989 a(OCoLC)ocm33272434 a(NNC)1705120 aUOELcAGLdIXAdOrLoB aQR135b.M53 19950 aQH541.15.B56I73b1993 0aX3002 aIUBS/IUMS Workshopd(1993 :cEgham, England)10aMicrobial diversity and ecosystem function :bproceedings of the IUBS/IUMS Workshop held at Egham, UK, 10-13 August 1993 in support of the IUBS/UNESCO/SCOPE "DIVERSITAS" programme /cedited by D. Allsopp, R.R. Colwell and D.L. Hawksworth. aWallingford, Oxon, UK :bCAB International in association with United Nations Environment Programme,cc1995 axi, 482 p. :bill. ;c24 cm. aIncludes bibliographical references and index.00g1.tThe Microbial Species Concept and Biodiversity /rR. R. Colwell, R. A. Clayton, B. A. Ortiz-Conde, D. Jacobs and E. Russek-Cohen --g2.tThe Microorganisms: A Concept in Need of Clarification or One Now to be Rejected? /rG. A. Zavarzin --g3.tDescribed and Estimated Species Numbers: An Objective Assessment of Current Knowledge /rP. M. Hammond --g4.tApproaches to the Comprehensive Evaluation of Prokaryote Diversity of a Habitat /rJ. M. Tiedje --g5.tIdentifying and Culturing the 'Unculturables': A Challenge for Microbiologists /rN. Ward, F. A. Rainey, B. Goebel and E. Stackebrandt --g6.tA Neglected Carbon Sink? Biodegradation of Rocks /rW. E. Krumbein --g7.tLichens in Southern Hemisphere Temperate Rainforest and Their Role in Maintenance of Biodiversity /rD. J. Galloway --g8.tMineral Cycling by Microorganisms: Iron Bacteria /rD. B. Johnson --80g9.tThe Potential Importance of Biodiversity in Environmental Biotechnology Applications: Bioremediation of PAH-contaminated Soils and Sediments /rP. H. Pritchard, I. G. Mueller, S. E. Lantz and D. L. Santavy --g10.tBacterial Diversity and Ecosystem Maintenance: An Overview /rA. Bianchi and M. Bianchi --g11.tEcological Role of Microphytic Soil Crusts in Arid Ecosystems /rS. D. Warren --g12.tThe Diversity of Microorganisms Associated with Marine Invertebrates and Their Roles in the Maintenance of Ecosystems /rD. L. Santavy --g13.tFungi, a Vital Component of Ecosystem Function in Woodland /rA. D. M. Rayner --g14.tMolecular Biology of Alkaliphiles /rT. Hamamoto and K. Horikoshi --g15.tThermophilic Fungi in Desert Soils: A Neglected Extreme Environment /rJ. Mouchacca --g16.tBiodiversity of the Rock Inhabiting Microbiota with Special Reference to Black Fungi and Black Yeasts /rC. Urzi, U. Wollenzien, G. Criseo and W. E. Krumbein --80g17.tStatistics, Biodiversity and Microorganisms /rE. Russek-Cohen and D. Jacobs --g18.tTraditional Methods of Detecting and Selecting Functionally Important Microorganisms from the Soil and the Rhizosphere /rF. A. A. M. de Leij, J. M. Whipps and J. M. Lynch --g19.tProblems in Measurements of Species Diversity of Macrofungi /rE. Arnolds --g20.tInventorying Microfungi on Tropical Plants /rP. M. Kirk --g21.tViral Biodiversity /rM. H. V. Van Regenmortel --g22.tExploration of Prokaryotic Diversity Employing Taxonomy /rJ. Swings --g23.tInternational Biodiversity Initiatives and the Global Biodiversity Assessment (GBA) /rV. H. Heywood --g24.tLiving Reference Collections /rH. Sugawara and Jun-Cai Ma --g25.tDried Reference Collections as a Microbiological Resource /rD. W. Minter --g26.tMicroorganisms, Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights and the Convention on Biological Diversity /rJ. Kelley --g27.tExtent and Development of the Human Resource /rE. J. DaSilva --80g28.tBiodiversity Information Transfer: Some Existing Initiatives and How to Link Them /rB. Kirsop and V. Canhos --g29.tIndigenous Rhizobia Populations in East and Southern Africa: A Network Approach /rN. K. N. Karanja, P. L. Woomer and S. Wangaruro --g30.tProgress in the Synthesis and Delivery of Information on the Diversity of Known Bacteria /rJ. G. Holt, M. I. Krichevsky and T. Bryant. 0aBiodiversityvCongresses.xMicrobiology 0aBiotic communitiesvCongresses. 0aMicroorganismsvCongresses.1 aAllsopp, D.1 aColwell, Rita R.,d1934-1 aHawksworth, D. L.