Environmental Microbiology Devoted to the study of microbial processes in the environment, microbial communities and microbial interactions. Important topics include: adhesion and biofouling biocides biomonitors of Environmental Contamination element cycles and biogeochemical processes extremophiles and life in extreme and unusual little-explored habitats freshwater Microbiology growth and survival heavy Metal Pollutants: Environmental and Biotechnological Aspects heavy Metals, Bacterial Resistances industrial Effluents: Sources, Properties, and Treatments infectious Waste Management microbes and surfaces microbial community genetics and evolutionary processes microbial physiological, metabolic and structural diversity microbially-influenced global changes microbial interactions and interactions with plants, animals and non-living environmental factors modelling and theory development new technological developments in microbial ecology, in particular for the study of activities of microbial communities and of non-culturable microorganisms oil Pollution ore Leaching by Microbes population biology and clonal structure pollution microbiology primary and secondary production responses to environmental signals and stress factors structure, activities and communal behaviour of microbial communities soil Microbiology subsurface biodegradation space Flight, Effects on Microorganisms sulfide-Containing Environments wastewater Treatment, Industrial wastewater Treatment, Municipal water-Deficient Environments water, Drinking