Biology of the Nitrogen Cycle
1st Edition
Description
All organisms require nitrogen to live and grow. The movement of nitrogen between the atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere in different forms is described by the nitrogen cycle. This book is an activity of the COST 856 Action on Denitrification. It covers all aspects of the N-cycle: chemistry, biology (enzymology, molecular biology), physics, applied aspects (greenhouse effect, N-pollution problems, practices in farming, in waste-water treatment, and more). In this book, leading editors offer the latest research available on dentrification (reduction of nitrates or nitrites commonly by bacteria- as in soil).
Key Features
- Provides details on denitrification and its general role in the environment
- Offers latest research in N-Cycle and its reactions
- Discusses impacts on various environments: agriculture, wetlands, plants, waste-water treatment and more
- The only book available in the field since the last 20 years
- Contains 27 chapters written by internationally highly recognized experts in the field
- Covers all modern aspects, emphasizes molecular biology and ecology
- Written in an easily understandable way
Readership
Graduate/postdoc scientists, doctoral students in the field of denitrification and the ecological balance in nitrogen and the environment.
Table of Contents
I. THE BIOLOGY OF THE NITROGEN CYCLE
- FOREWORD, The editors, Hermann Bothe, Stuart J. Ferguson and William E. Newton
II. DENITRIFICATION
INTRODUCTION TO THE BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF DENITRIFICATION, Rob JM van Spanning, David J. Richardson and Stuart J. Ferguson
THE PROKARYOTIC NITRATE REDUCTASES, David J. Richardson, Rob van Spanning and Stuart J. Ferguson
NITRITE REDUCTASES IN DENITRIFICATION, Serena Rinaldo and Francesca Cutruzzolà
NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE: STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS AND CATALYTIC MECHANISM, Simon de Vries, Suharti and Laurice A.M. Pouvreau
NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASES, Walter G. Zumft and Heinz Körner
DENITRIFICATION IN RHIZOBIA-LEGUME SYMBIOSIS, María J. Delgado, Sergio Casella and Eulogio J. Bedmar
THE DISSIMILATORY REDUCTION OF NITRATE TO AMMONIA BY ANAEROBIC BACTERIA, S. B. Mohan and Jeff A. Cole
III. BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION
PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF NITROGEN FIXATION, William E. Newton
REGULATORY CASCADES TO EXPRESS NITROGENASES, Bernd Masepohl and Karl Forchhammer
THE RHIZOBIUM-LEGUME NITROGEN-FIXING SYMBIOSIS, Gary Stacey
PLANT SYMBIOSES WITH FRANKIA AND CYANOBACTERIA, Katharina Pawlowski and Birgitta Bergman
ASSOCIATIVE NITROGEN FIXATION, Anne Van Dommelen and Jos Vanderleyden
MEASURING N2 FIXATION IN THE FIELD, Jonathan P. Zehr and Joseph P. Montoya
IV. OTHER REACTIONS OF THE NITROGEN CYCLE
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF NITRIFICATION, Stuart J. Ferguson, David J. Richardson and Rob J.M. van Spanning
THE ECOLOGY OF NITRIFYING BACTERIA, Jim I. Prosser
ANAMMOX, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Mike S.M. Jetten and Marc Strous
NITRATE ASSIMILATION IN BACTERIA, Conrado Moreno-Vivián and Enrique Flores
NITRATE ASSIMILATION IN PLANTS, Rudolf Tischner and Werner Kaiser
CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEOLYTIC MICROBES AND THEIR ACTIVITIES IN SOILS, M. Mrkonjic Fuka, Monika Engel, Jean-Charles Munch and Michael Schloter
V. APPLICATIONS OF REACTIONS OF THE NITROGEN CYCLE, WITH EMPHASIS ON DENITRIFICATION
MOLECULAR TOOLS TO ASSESS THE DIVERSITY AND DENSITY OF DENITRIFYING BACTERIA IN THEIR HABITATS, Sara Hallin, Gesche Braker and Laurent Philippot
DENITRIFICATION AND AGRICULTURE, Jean Charles Munch and Gerard L. Velthof
DENITRIFICATION AND N-CYCLING IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS Per Ambus and Sophie Zechmeister-Boltenstern
DENITRIFICATION IN WETLANDS Oswald Van Cleemput, Pascal Boeckx, Per-Eric Lindgren and Karin Tonderski
ORGANISMS OF THE NITROGEN CYCLE UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS: LOW TEMPERATURE, SALINITY, pH AND WATER STRESS, Blaž Stres, Maria José Bonete, Rosa Maria Martínez-Espinosa, Ivan Mahne and Hermann Bothe
N2O EMISSION AND GLOBAL CHANGES, MODELLING APPROACHES, Lars Bakken and Peter Dörsch
INTERACTIONS AMONG ORGANISMS THAT RESULT IN ENHANCED ACTIVITIES OF N-CYCLE REACTIONS, Hermann Bothe and Harold Drake
Details
- No. of pages:
- 452
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Elsevier Science 2007
- Published:
- 8th December 2006
- Imprint:
- Elsevier Science
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080471334
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780444528575
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9781493302390
About the Editor
Hermann Bothe
Affiliations and Expertise
Botanical Institute, The University of Cologne, Koln, Germany
Stuart Ferguson
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
William E. Newton
Affiliations and Expertise
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Virginia, Blacksburg, U.S.A.