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Microbial Ecology

• Microenvironment• Biofilm• Microbial

Competition• Microbial

Cooperation• Enrichment and

Isolation Methods

Winogradsky Column

Viable Stain

• AODC – Acridine Orange Direct Counts

• DAPI Counts• Fluorescent Antibodies• FISH – Fluorescent In

Situ Hybridization• Chromosomal Painting

In Situ Reverse Transcription

Other Techniques

• Optical Tweezers

MicroelectrodesStable Isotopes

Soil Microbiology

Desert Crust + Water

Aquatic Microbiology

Marine Microbiology

• Constant Salinity• Oxygen

Relationships• Deep-Sea

Microbiology• Barotolerant• Barophile

Hydrothermal Vents• Black Smokers

• Tube Worms

Rumen Microbiology

Microbial Leaching of Ore

Heavy Metal Transformation

Mercury

Xenobiotic BiodegradationPetroleum Degradation

Plant-Microorganism Interaction

• Lichens

Algae

Fungus

• Rhizosphere• Mycorhizae

Crown Gall Disease

Agrobacterium

Ti Plasmid

Bacterial Nitrogen Fixation

Free living Bacteria – Azotobacter

Symbiotic Bacteria-Rhizobium

Root Nodules

Microbial Ecology Word List Microenvironment

Biofilms

Microbial Competition and

Cooperation

Enrichment and Isolation

Methods

Winogradsky Column

Viable Stain

Acridine Orange – AODC

DAPI

Fluorescent Antibodies

FISH – Fluorescent In Situ

Hybridization

Chromosomal Painting

In Situ Reverse Transcription

Optical Tweezers

Microelectrodes

Stable isotopes

Soil Microbiology

Aquatic Microbiology

Microbial Ecology Word List 2

Marine Microbiology

Oxygen Relationships

Deep-Sea Microbiology

Barotolerant

Barophiles

Hydrothermal Vents

Black Smokers

Tube Worms

Rumen Microbiology

Microbial Leaching of Ores

Heavy Metal Transformation

Mercury

Petroleum Biodegradation

Xenobiotic Degradation

Plant-Microorganism

Interaction

Lichen

Mycorrhizae

Agrobacterium

Crown Gall Disease

Root Nodules

Symbiosis

Rhizobium