1. CHƯƠNG 1: THE SOIL ENVIRONMENT
1.1. Dominic Standing and Ken Killham
2. CHƯƠNG 2: MICROBIAL PHYLOGENY AND DIVERSITY IN SOIL
2.1. Vigdis Torsvik and Lise Øvreås
3. CHƯƠNG 3: HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER AND MICROEVOLUTION IN SOIL
3.1. Nielsen, Pål Johnsen, and Jan Dirk van Elsas
4. CHƯƠNG 4: THE BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA IN SOIL
4.1. Jan Dirk van Elsas, Vigdis Torsvik, Anton Hartmann, Lise Øvreås, and Janet K. Jansson
5. CHƯƠNG 5: THE FUNGI IN SOIL
5.1. Finlay
6. CHƯƠNG 6: PROTOZOA AND OTHER PROTISTA IN SOIL
6.1. Marianne Clarholm, Michael Bonkowski, and Bryan Griffiths
7. CHƯƠNG 7: MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS IN SOIL
7.1. Jan Dirk van Elsas, Ling Tam, Roger D. Finlay, Ken Killham, and Jack T. Trevors
8. CHƯƠNG 8: PLANT-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA—LIFESTYLE AND MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS
8.1. Jan Sørensen and Angela Sessitsch
9. CHƯƠNG 9: MICROORGANISMS CYCLING SOIL NUTRIENTS AND THEIR DIVERSITY
9.1. Prosser
10. CHƯƠNG 10: SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE—METHANOTROPHIC AND METHANOGENIC COMMUNITIES AS PARADIGMS
10.1. Ralf Conrad
11. CHƯƠNG 11: METHODS TO DETECT AND QUANTIFY BACTERIA IN SOIL
11.1. Ole Nybroe, Kristian K. Nicolaisen, and Jan Sørensen
12. CHƯƠNG 12: ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN SOIL MICROHABITATS USING FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION
12.1. Michael Schmid, Michael Rothballer, and Anton Hartmann
13. CHƯƠNG 13: FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES BY MESSENGER RNA ANALYSIS
13.1. Shilpi Sharma, Manish Kumar Aneja, and Michael Schloter
14. CHƯƠNG 14: MOLECULAR FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUES TO ANALYZE SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
14.1. Miruna Oros-Sichler, Rodrigo Costa, Holger Heuer, and Kornelia Smalla
15. CHƯƠNG 15: DETECTION OF ACTIVE BACTERIAL POPULATIONS IN SOIL
15.1. Timms-Wilson, Robert I. Griffiths, Andrew S. Prosser, and Mark J. Bailey
16. CHƯƠNG 16: SOIL METAGENOMICS: EXPLORING AND EXPLOITING THE SOIL MICROBIAL GENE POOL
16.1. Sara Sjöling, William Stafford, and Don A. Cowan
17. CHƯƠNG 17: BIOSENSORS TO MONITOR SOIL HEALTH OR TOXICITY
17.1. Pernille Hasse Busk Poulsen, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, and Søren Johannes Sørensen
18. CHƯƠNG 18: SOIL SUPPRESSIVENESS TO PLANT DISEASES
18.1. Christian Steinberg, Véronique Edel-Hermann, Claude Alabouvette, and Philippe Lemanceau
19. CHƯƠNG 19: BIOLOGICAL PESTICIDES FOR CONTROL OF SEED- AND SOIL-BORNE PLANT PATHOGENS
19.1. Whipps and Berndt Gerhardson
20. CHƯƠNG 20: PLANT GROWTH-PROMOTING BACTERIA
20.1. Saleema Saleh-Lakha and Bernard R. Glick
21. CHƯƠNG 21: BIODEGRADATION AND BIOREMEDIATION OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN SOIL
21.1. Kam Tin Leung, Kanavillil Nandakumar, Kurissery Sreekumari, Hung Lee, and Jack T. Trevors
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