Microbial Ecotoxicology (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1. INTRODUCTION a. Pollution History (by Charles-Francois Mathis, Universite de Bordeaux, France) b. From Microbial Ecology to Microbial Ecotoxicology (by Andy Ball, RMIT University, Australia) 2. Inter-disciplinary in microbial ecotoxicology (by Philippe Garrigues; Directeur de l'Institut des Sciences Moleculaires - Bordeaux, France) 3. Ecosystemic services (provided by microbial communities) Case study: a. Hyporheic rehabilitation in rivers (by Jose Miguel Sanchez; Research Director, ECOLAB UMR 5245 CNRS - Universite Paul Sabatier, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France) 4. Microbial responses to pollution - Ecotoxicology Introdu cing the different biological levels (by Cravo-Laureau, Lauga, Cagnon & Duran ; Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France) 5. Metabolic responses Concepts (by Ji Dong GU, University of Hong Kong, China) 6. Genetic adaptation Concepts (by Patricia Sobecky; Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs - University of Alabama, USA) Case study (by William Hickey; University of Wisconsin Madison, USA) 7. Microbial community response Diversity - function relationships (by Emma Johnston and Katherine Dafforn, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW, Australia) Case study (by Anna Koukkou, Elpiniki Vandera, Eugenia Karabika, - University of Ioannina Department of Chemistry Ioannina, Greece) &nbs p; 8. Ecological indicators of ecosystem recovery Continental and marine environments (by Jean-Francois Ghiglione - UMPC Banuyls Stephane Pesce IRSTEA Lyon & Fabrice Martin-Laurent INRA Dijon, France) 9. Microbial Biomarkers Concept of biomarkers- tools for microbial ecotoxicology (by Helena Guash; Universitat de Girona, Spain) 10. Microbial Biosensors Concept of biosensors - tools for microbial ecotoxicology (by Gerald Thouand; laboratoire de Genie des procedes - environnement - agro-alimentaire- GEPEA, Nantes, France) Case study: a. Metals (by Juan Carlos Gutierrez; Universidad de Madrid, Spain) 11. Microbial Ecotoxicology: Looking to the Future ( by Sergi Sabater, Univ. Girona - Insititute of Aquatic Ecol ogy, GRECO, Spain)