Microbial Life of Cave Systems

Published by De Gruyter 2015

Microbial Life of Cave Systems

Edited by: Annette Summers Engel
With contributions by: Daniel Jones , Kathleen Lavoie , Hazel A. Barton , Marianyoly Ortiz-Ortiz , Julia W. Neilson , Antje Legatzki , Raina Maier , Sasha G. Tetu , Liam Elbourne , Andrew Cronan , Andrew Holmes , Michael Gillings , Ian T. Paulsen , Sarah Carmichael , Suzanna L. Bräuer , Diana Northup , Audrey Paterson , Deepak Kumaresan , Alexandra Hillebrand-Voiculescu , Daniela Wischer , Jason Stephenson , Yin Chen , Colin Murrell , Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez , Janez Mulec , Pedro Martin-Sanchez , Ana Miller , Soledad Cuezva , Valme Jurado , Angel Fernandez-Cortez , Elena Garcia-Anton , Miguel Angel Rogerio-Candelera , Xavier Ariño , David Benavente , Juan Carlos Cañaveras and Sergio Sanchez-Moral

Volume 3 in the series Life in Extreme Environments

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110339888

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About this book

The earth's subsurface contains abundant and active microbial biomass, living in water, occupying pore space, and colonizing mineral and rock surfaces. Caves are one type of subsurface habitat, being natural, solutionally- or collapse-enlarged openings in rock. Within the past 30 years, there has been an increase in the number of microbiology studies from cave environments to understand cave ecology, cave geology, and even the origins of life. By emphasizing the microbial life of caves, and the ecological processes and geological consequences attributed to microbes, this book provides the first authoritative and comprehensive account of the microbial life of caves for students, professionals, and general readers.

Unique focus on the microbial life of caves, the ecological processes and geological consequences attributed to microbes in cave environments
Full color illustrations

Author / Editor information

Annette Summers Engel, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contributing authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
1. Bringing Microbes into Focus for Speleology: An Introduction Annette Summers Engel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Methods for Characterizing Microbial Communities in Caves and Karst: A Review Daniel S. Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. “A Grand, Gloomy, and Peculiar Place”: Microbiology in the Mammoth Cave Region Kathleen H. Lavoie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. Starving Artists: Bacterial Oligotrophic Heterotrophy in Caves Hazel A. Barton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5. Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity on Cave Speleothem and Rock Surfaces: A Carbonate Cave Case Study from Kartchner Caverns Marianyoly Ortiz, Julia W. Neilson, Antje Legatzki and Raina M. Maier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6. Microbial Slime Curtain Communities of the Nullarbor Caves Sasha G. Tetu, Liam D.H. Elbourne, Andrew Cronan, Andrew J. Holmes, Michael R. Gillings and Ian T. Paulsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
7. Microbial Diversity and Manganese Cycling: A Review of Manganese-oxidizing Microbial Cave Communities Sarah K. Carmichael and Suzanna L. Bräuer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
8. Microbial Diversity and Ecology of Lava Caves Diana E. Northup and Kathleen H. Lavoie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
9. Predicting bacterial diversity in caves associated with sulfuric acid speleogenesis Audrey Paterson and Annette Summers Engel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
10. Microbial Life in Unusual Cave Ecosystems Sustained by Chemosynthetic Primary Production Deepak Kumaresan, Alexandra M. Hillebrand-Voiculescu, Daniela Wischer, Jason Stephenson, Yin Chen and J. Colin Murrell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
11. The Microbiology of Show Caves, Mines, Tunnels, and Tombs: Implications for Management and Conservation Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
12. The Diversity and Ecology of Microbes Associated with Lampenflora in Cave and Karst Settings Janez Mulec Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
13. Lascaux Cave: An Example of Fragile Ecological Balance in Subterranean Environments Pedro M. Martin-Sanchez, Ana Z. Miller and Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
14. Scientific Data Suggest Altamira Cave Should Remain Closed Soledad Cuezva, Valme Jurado, Angel Fernandez-Cortes, Elena Garcia-Anton, Miguel Angel Rogerio-Candelera, Xavier Ariño, David Benavente, Juan Carlos Cañaveras, Cesareo Saiz-Jimenez and Sergio Sanchez-Moral Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Research scientists and graduate students in microbiology, geomicrobiology, ecology, environmental sciences
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 335
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 50
- Coloured Illustrations: 50
- Tables: 15
Keywords: Microbiology; Cave; Karst; Ecology; Speleology

eBook

Published: October 16, 2015
ISBN: 9783110339888

Hardcover

Published: October 16, 2015
ISBN: 9783110334999