Environmental Microbiology

  1. Biogeochemical Cycling
    1. Carbon Cycle
      1. Carbon Fixation Processes
        1. Oxygenic Photosynthesis
          1. Cyanobacteria
            1. Eukaryotic Algae
            2. Anoxygenic Photosynthesis
              1. Purple Bacteria
                1. Green Sulfur Bacteria
                2. Chemosynthesis
                  1. Chemolithoautotrophs
                    1. Alternative Carbon Fixation Pathways
                  2. Organic Carbon Decomposition
                    1. Aerobic Respiration
                      1. Anaerobic Respiration
                        1. Nitrate Reduction
                          1. Sulfate Reduction
                            1. Iron Reduction
                            2. Fermentation Processes
                              1. Alcoholic Fermentation
                                1. Lactic Acid Fermentation
                                  1. Mixed Acid Fermentation
                                2. Methane Cycling
                                  1. Methanogenesis
                                    1. Methanogenic Archaea
                                      1. Methanogenic Pathways
                                        1. Environmental Controls
                                        2. Methane Oxidation
                                          1. Aerobic Methanotrophs
                                            1. Anaerobic Methane Oxidation
                                              1. Environmental Significance
                                          2. Nitrogen Cycle
                                            1. Nitrogen Fixation
                                              1. Biological Nitrogen Fixation
                                                1. Free-Living Diazotrophs
                                                  1. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixers
                                                    1. Nitrogenase Enzyme System
                                                    2. Environmental Controls
                                                    3. Mineralization
                                                      1. Ammonification
                                                        1. Protein Decomposition
                                                          1. Amino Acid Cycling
                                                          2. Nitrification
                                                            1. Ammonia Oxidation
                                                              1. Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria
                                                                1. Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea
                                                                2. Nitrite Oxidation
                                                                  1. Environmental Factors
                                                                  2. Denitrification
                                                                    1. Denitrifying Bacteria
                                                                      1. Denitrification Pathways
                                                                        1. Environmental Controls
                                                                        2. Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation
                                                                          1. Anammox Process
                                                                            1. Anammox Bacteria
                                                                              1. Environmental Significance
                                                                              2. Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium
                                                                                1. DNRA Process
                                                                                  1. Ecological Implications
                                                                                2. Sulfur Cycle
                                                                                  1. Sulfate Reduction
                                                                                    1. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
                                                                                      1. Dissimilatory Sulfate Reduction
                                                                                        1. Environmental Controls
                                                                                        2. Sulfur Oxidation
                                                                                          1. Chemolithotrophic Sulfur Oxidation
                                                                                            1. Phototrophic Sulfur Oxidation
                                                                                              1. Sulfur Oxidation Pathways
                                                                                              2. Organic Sulfur Cycling
                                                                                                1. Sulfur Mineralization
                                                                                                  1. Dimethylsulfide Production
                                                                                                2. Phosphorus Cycle
                                                                                                  1. Phosphorus Mineralization
                                                                                                    1. Organic Phosphorus Decomposition
                                                                                                      1. Phosphatase Enzymes
                                                                                                      2. Phosphorus Immobilization
                                                                                                        1. Microbial Uptake
                                                                                                          1. Polyphosphate Storage
                                                                                                          2. Phosphate Solubilization
                                                                                                            1. Phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms
                                                                                                              1. Organic Acid Production
                                                                                                            2. Iron Cycle
                                                                                                              1. Iron Reduction
                                                                                                                1. Dissimilatory Iron Reduction
                                                                                                                  1. Iron-Reducing Bacteria
                                                                                                                  2. Iron Oxidation
                                                                                                                    1. Chemolithotrophic Iron Oxidation
                                                                                                                      1. Phototrophic Iron Oxidation
                                                                                                                      2. Iron Biomineralization
                                                                                                                        1. Magnetite Formation
                                                                                                                          1. Iron Sulfide Precipitation
                                                                                                                        2. Trace Element Cycling
                                                                                                                          1. Manganese Cycling
                                                                                                                            1. Manganese Oxidation
                                                                                                                              1. Manganese Reduction
                                                                                                                              2. Mercury Cycling
                                                                                                                                1. Mercury Methylation
                                                                                                                                  1. Mercury Demethylation
                                                                                                                                  2. Selenium Cycling
                                                                                                                                    1. Selenium Reduction
                                                                                                                                      1. Selenium Volatilization

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