Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 – Microbial Communities in Terrestrial Moss (Bryophyta): Structure, Function and Ecological Significance (pp. 1-24)
O. Roger Anderson (Biology, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, US)
Chapter 2 – Terrestrial Mosses as Trace Element Bioindicators: A Review (pp. 25-70)
Sabina Dołęgowska and Zdzisław M. Migaszewski (Geochemistry and the Environment Division, Institute of Chemistry, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland)
Chapter 3 – Moss Bioreactors: Novel Biotechnological Tools for the Production of Pharmaceutical Molecules (pp. 71-86)
Patrícia B. Pelegrini and Maria Fátima Grossi de Sa (BioLife Brasil Ltda, Formosa-GO, Brazil, and others)
Chapter 4 – Endophytic Bacteria Associated with Sphagnum Mosses: Ecological Diversity and Application for Agricultural Microbiology (pp. 87-110)
A. V. Shcherbakov, E. Yu. Kuzmina, E. D. Lapshina, Bragina, C. Berg, G. Berg, E. N. Shcherbakova, V. K. Chebotar and I. A. Tikhonovich (Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, and others)
Chapter 5 – Moss Biomonitoring in Use: Small Scale Area Investigation of Heavy Metals Air Pollution – Mines and Smelter Plant Environments in the Republic of Macedonia (pp. 111-170)
Trajče Stafilov, Biljana Balabanova, Robert Šajn and Katerina Bačeva (Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia, and others)
Chapter 6 – Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Pollution Using Mosses: Recent Developments and Future Prospects (pp. 171-198)
Snežana Dragović, Mirjana Ćujić, Jelena Petrović, Ranko Dragović, Milan Đorđević and Ljiljana Janković-Mandić (University of Belgrade, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, and others)
Chapter 7 – Impact of Forest Decline on the Fine-Scale Vertical Distribution of Epiphytic Bryophytes (pp. 199-220)
Yoshitaka Oishi (Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Minami-minowa, Kami-ina, Nagano, Japan)
Chapter 8 – Forensic Botany: The Use of Mosses in Criminal Investigations (pp. 221-232)
Marco Caccianiga, Federica Conforti and Massimo Lancia (Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy and others)
Index
