Marine Microbiology

Content: 
Contributors
Pages ix-xii

Preface
Page xiii

Introduction, history, and overview: The ‘methods’ to our madness Original Research Article
Pages 1-12
Farooq Azam

Microbial ecology at sea: Sampling, subsampling and incubation considerations Original Research Article
Pages 13-39
D.M. Karl, J.E. Dore

Enumeration of viruses Review Article
Pages 43-51
Rachel T. Noble

Quantification of algal viruses in marine samples Review Article
Pages 53-65
Steven W. Wilhem, Leo Poorvin

Estimating viral proliferation in aquatic samples Review Article
Pages 67-84
Rachel T. Noble, Grieg F. Steward

Fingerprinting viral assemblages by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) Original Research Article
Pages 85-103
Grieg F. Steward

Lysogeny and transduction Original Research Article
Pages 105-125
John H. Paul, Sunny C. Jiang

Enumeration of total and highly active bacteria Original Research Article
Pages 129-159
Barry Sherr, Evelyn Sherr, Paul del Giorgio

Isolation of oligobacteria Review Article
Pages 161-173
Don K. Button, Betsy R. Robertson, Pham Quang

Determining the physiological status of individual bacterial cells Review Article
Pages 175-206
M.H. Howard-Jones, M.E. Frischer, P.G. Verity

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes Review Article
Pages 207-210,IN1-IN7,211-226
Jakob Pernthaler, Frank-Oliver Glöckner, Wilhelm Schönhuber, Rudolf Amann

Measuring bacterial biomass production and growth rates from leucine incorporation in natural aquatic environments Review Article
Pages 227-237
David Kirchman

Phosphorus cycle in seawater: Dissolved and particulate pool inventories and selected phosphorus fluxes Review Article
Pages 239-270
D.M. Karl, K.M. Björkman

Nitrogen fixation: Nitrogenase genes and gene expression Review Article
Pages 271-286
J.P. Zehr, P.J. Turner

Protistan herbivory and bacterivory Review Article
Pages 289-315
David A. Caron

Flow cytometric analysis of autotrophic picoplankton Review Article
Pages 317-343
L. Campbell

Collection and identification of marine yeasts Review Article
Pages 347-356
Jack W. Fell

Fungal biomass and productivity Review Article
Pages 357-372
S.Y. Newell

Molecular phylogeny: Applications and implications for marine microbiology Review Article
Pages 375-394
Craig L. Moyer

Gene expression by mRNA analysis Review Article
Pages 395-408
John H. Paul

In situ PCR/RT-PCR coupled with in situ hybridization for detection of functional gene and gene expression in prokaryotic cells Review Article
Pages 409-424
Feng Chen, Robert E. Hodson

Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis in marine microbial ecology Review Article
Pages 425-468
Hendrik Schäfer, Gerard Muyzer

Measurement of UVB-induced DNA damage in marine planktonic communities Review Article
Pages 469-485
Wade H. Jeffrey, David L. Mitchell

Radiotracer assays (35S) of sulfate reduction rates in marine and freshwater sediments Review Article
Pages 489-500
Gary M. King

Nitrogen fixation and denitrification Review Article
Pages 501-515
Douglas G. Capone, Joseph P. Montoya

Optical remote sensing techniques in biological oceanography Review Article
Pages 519-538
W. Paul Bissett, Oscar Schofied, Curtis D. Mobley, Michael F. Crowley, Mark A. Moline

Microbial public health indicators in the marine environment Review Article
Pages 541-558
Dale W. Griffin

Human enteric viruses and parasites in the marine environment Review Article
Pages 559-588
Erin K. Lipp, Jerzy Lukasik, Joan B. Rose

Methods for psychrophilic bacteria Review Article
Pages 591-614
J.P. Bowman

Deep-sea piezophilic bacteria Review Article
Pages 615-637
A. Aristides Yayanos

Methods for the study of hydrothermal vent microbes Review Article
Pages 639-656
Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Dorothee Götz

Index
Pages 657-666