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Techniques in Microbial Ecology
Edited by Robert S. Burlage, Ronald Atlas, David Stahl, Gill Geesey, and Gary Sayler, Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. 1998. 468 p. $65.00. ISBN 0-19-509223-6.
Advancements in microbiological techniques, as well as an increase in the interest in natural microbial resources, have created the need for up-to-date instructions on techniques in microbial ecology. This need has been answered in a new spiral-bound publication that can serve as a university text or professional resource in current methodology. As stated in its preface, this text "does not aspire to be comprehensive." Notably absent are methods for description of microbial diversity. It is necessarily selective in its coverage...