Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nucleic acid extraction from environmental samples / A. Milling ... [et al.] -- Prokaryotic systematics : PCR and sequence analysis of amplified 16s rRNA genes / Wilfred F.M. Röling and Ian M. Head -- DNA fingerprinting of microbial communities / Andreas Felske and Mark Osborn -- Molecular typing of environmental isolates / Jan L.W. Rademaker, Henk J.M. Aarts and Pablo Vinuesa -- RT-PCR and mRNA expression analysis of functional genes / Balbina Nogales -- Quantitative real-time PCR / Cindy J. Smith --

Stable-isotope probing / Stefan Radajewski and J. Colin Murrell -- Applications of nucleic acid hybridization in microbial ecology / Mark Osborn, Vivien Prior and Konstantinos Damianakis -- Fluorescence in situ hybridization for the detection of prokaryotes / Holger Daims, Kilian Stoecker and Michael Wagner -- Lessons from the genomes : microbial ecology and genomics / Andrew S. Whiteley ... [et al.] -- Metagenomic libraries from uncultured microorganisms / Doreen E. Gillespie ... [et al.] -- A molecular toolbox for bacterial ecologists : PCR primers for functional gene analysis / Michael J. Larkin, A. Mark Osborn and Derek Fairley -- Molecular detection of fungal communities in soil / Eric Smit, Francisco de Souza and Renske Landeweert -- Environmental assessment : bioreporter systems / Steven A. Ripp and Gary S. Sayler -- Bioinformatics and web resources for the microbial ecologist / Wolfgang Ludwig.