PARTI FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
1. Concepts of Microbial Ecology
2. Development of Microbial Communities
3. Succession and Colonisation

PART IL MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS
4. Structure of an Ecosystem
5. Freshwater Ecosystem
6. Marine Ecosystem
7. Estuarine Ecosystem
8. Mangrove Ecosystem

PART III MICROBES AND ATMOSPHERE
9. Relationship between Microbes and Atmosphere
10. Sampling of Air
11. Potential Hazards in Laboratory Techniques
12. Airborne Diseases
13. Air Sanitation
14. Air Pollution

PARTIV MICROBES AND LITHOSPHERE
15. Relationship between Microbes and Land
16. Soil Formation
17. Soil Characterisation (Physical)
18. Soil Characterisation (Chemical)
19. Soil Microbiology
20. Soil Types and their Microflora
21. Quantification of Soil Microflora
22. Methods of Studying Ecology of Soil Microflora
23. Role of Microbes in Soil Fertility

PART V MICROBES AND HYDROSPHERE
24. Microbiology of Water
25. Bacteriological Analysis of Water
26. Water Pollution
27. Eutrophication
28. Waterborne Diseases
29. Purification of Water
30. Recycling of Water

PART VI POPULATION INTERACTIONS
31. Microbial Interactions
32. Microbe microbe Interactions
33. Plant microbe Interactions
34. Animal microbe Interactions

PART VII APPLICATIONS OF MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS
35. Decomposition
36. Bio-fertilisers
37. Bio-pesticides
38. Microbially Induced Corrosion
39. Bio-mining
40. Bio-accumulation
41. Xenobiotics
42. Bio-geochemical Cycles
43. Nitrogen Fixation (Symbiotic)

PART VIII WASTEWATER MICROBIOLOGY
44. Sewage
45. Microbiology of Sewage
46. Biochemical Oxygen Demand
47. Chemical Oxygen Demand
48. Sewage Treatment
49. Applications of Waste Treatment
Glossary
References
Index