Environmental microbiology is the study of mirobial fate and activity in the air, water, and soil and the resulting impact on human health and welfare. This study encompasses a variety of areas including microbial ecology, molecular genetics, and environmental science. This book offers a comprehensive discussion of this field as a discipline which has grown in recent years to include practical issues such as bioremediation, waterborne pathogens, microbial risk assessment, and environmental biotechnology.

* Fully revised with eight new chapters
* New chapters include ecology, urban environmental microbiology, and chapters specific to aquatic and extreme environments
* Latest methodologies presented with emphasis on phytsiological methods
* Instructor website includes lecture notes, questions, projects and activities, and downloadable figures