Revival: CRC Handbook of Laboratory Model Systems for Microbial Ecosystems, Volume I (1988) CRC Press Revivals Series

These volumes present the main classes of useful laboratory model systems used to study microbial ecosystems, with emphasis on the practical details for the use of each model. The most commonly used model, the homogeneous fermenter, is featured along with linked homogeneous culture systems, film fermenters, and percolating columns. Additionally, gel-stabilized culture systems which incorporate molecular diffusion as their main solute transfer mechanism and the microbial colony are explained. Chapters comparing model systems with "microcosms" are included, along with discussions of the value of computer models in microbial ecosystem research. Highlighted is a global discussion of the value of laboratory models in microbial ecology.

1. Introduction 2.The Place of the Continuous Culture in Ecological Research 3.Multistage Chemostats and Other 4. Models for Studying Anoxic Ecosystems 5. Bidirectionally Linked Continuous Culture: The Gradostat 6. Bidirectional 7. Compound Chemostats: Applications of Compound Diffusion-Linked Chemostats in Microbial Ecology 8. Study of 9. Attached Cells in Continuous-Flow Slide Culture 10. Microbial Adhesion to Surfaces 11. Model Biofilm Reactors 12. A Constant-Depth Laboratory Model Film Fermenter 13. Film Fermenters in Dental Research 14. Gel-Plate 15. Methods in Microbiology. Index

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