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This online textbook chapter supports and extends the content of the Microbial Diversity video. The chapter covers microbial energy sources, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the role of microbes in nutrient cycling. Click on the Go button to begin reading, or skip to a sub-section of the chapter in the list below.
Chapter Contents:
Introduction
Microbes as the First Organisms
The Diversity of Microbial Metabolism
Archaea and Bacteria
The Universal Tree of Life
Studying Unculturable Microbes with PCR
Microbes and the Carbon Cycle
Microbes and the Cycling of Nitrogen
Biofilms
Biofilms Formation and Bacterial Communication
Impact of Biofilms on Humans
Communication Between Bacteria and Eukaryotes
Microbes in Mines
Microbial Leaching of Ores
Coda
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