Designed for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and environmental professionals, this book builds upon the tremendous success of the previous editions with a comprehensive and up-to-date discussion of environmental microbiology as a discipline that has greatly expanded in scope and interest over the past several decades. From terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to urban and indoor environments, this edition relates environmental microbiology to a variety of life science, ecology, and environmental science topics including biogeochemical cycling, bioremediation, environmental transmission of pathogens, microbial risk assessment, and drinking water treatment and reuse. The final chapter highlights several emerging issues including microbial remediation of marine oil spills, microbial contributions to global warming, impact of climate change on microbial infectious disease, and the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

1. Introduction to Environmental Microbiology 2. Microorganisms Found in the Environment 3. Bacterial Growth 4. Earth Environments5. Aeromicrobiology 6. Aquatic Environments 7. Extreme Environments8. Environmental Sample Collection and Processing9. Microscopic Techniques 10. Cultural Methods 11. Physiological Methods12. Immunological Methods13. Nucleic Acid-Based Methods of Detection14. Microbial Source Tracking 15. Microbial Transport in the Subsurface 16. Biogeochemical Cycling17. Micoorganisms and Organic Pollutants18. Microorganisms and Metal Pollutants19. Microbial Diversity and Interactions in Natural Ecosystems 20. Microbial Communitation: Bacteria-Bacteria and Bacteria-Host21. Bioinformation and "Omic" Approaches to Characterization/Microbial Communities22. Environmentally Transmitted Pathogens23. Indicator Microorganisms 24. Risk Assessment 25. Municipal Wastewater Treatment26. Land Application of Organic Residuals:  Municipal Biosolids and Animal Manures 27. Recycled Water Treatment and Reuse28. Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution29. Disinfection30. Domestic and Indoor Microbiology31. Global Emerging Microbial Issues in the Anthropocene Era