Microbial Ecology

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Microbial Ecology

• Microenvironment
• Biofilm
• Microbial Competition
• Microbial Cooperation
• Enrichment and Isolation Methods

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Winogradsky Column
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Viable Stain

• AODC Acridine Orange Direct Counts
• DAPI Counts
• Fluorescent Antibodies
• FISH Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
• Chromosomal Painting

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In Situ Reverse Transcription
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Other Techniques

• Optical Tweezers

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Microelectrodes
Stable Isotopes
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Soil Microbiology
Desert Crust Water
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Aquatic Microbiology
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Marine Microbiology

• Constant Salinity
• Oxygen Relationships
• Deep-Sea Microbiology
• Barotolerant
• Barophile

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Hydrothermal Vents

• Black Smokers

• Tube Worms

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Rumen Microbiology
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Microbial Leaching of Ore Heavy Metal
Transformation Mercury
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Xenobiotic Biodegradation
Petroleum Degradation
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Plant-Microorganism Interaction

• Lichens
• Algae
• Fungus
• Rhizosphere
• Mycorhizae

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Crown Gall Disease
Agrobacterium Ti Plasmid
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Bacterial Nitrogen Fixation
Free living Bacteria Azotobacter Symbiotic
Bacteria-Rhizobium Root Nodules
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Microbial Ecology Word List
Viable Stain Acridine Orange AODC DAPI Fluoresce
nt Antibodies FISH Fluorescent In Situ
Hybridization Chromosomal Painting
Microenvironment Biofilms Microbial Competition
and Cooperation Enrichment and Isolation
Methods Winogradsky Column
In Situ Reverse Transcription Optical
Tweezers Microelectrodes Stable isotopes Soil
Microbiology Aquatic Microbiology
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Microbial Ecology Word List 2
Plant-Microorganism Interaction Lichen Mycorr
hizae Agrobacterium Crown Gall Disease Root
Nodules Symbiosis Rhizobium
Rumen Microbiology Microbial Leaching of
Ores Heavy Metal Transformation Mercury Petroleum
Biodegradation Xenobiotic Degradation
Marine Microbiology Oxygen Relationships Deep-Sea
Microbiology Barotolerant Barophiles Hydrothermal
Vents Black Smokers Tube Worms