Studies on heavy metal resistance of bacterial isolates from a former uranium mining area [Elektronische Ressource] / von Götz Haferburg

Studies on heavy metal resistance of bacterial isolates from a former uranium mining area Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Biologisch-Pharmazeutischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Diplom-Biologe Götz Haferburg geboren am 09. 07. 1971 in Leipzig Gutachter:1. Prof. Dr. E. Kothe2. Prof. Dr. G. Büchel33.. Prof. Dr. M Prof. Dr. Maariria-a-JuliJulia a AmoAmorrososooTag des Rigorosums:_____________________________Tag der öffentlichen Verteidigung:_____________________________ Once again, what appears to us in the mystical guise of pure science and objective knowledge about nature turns out, underneath, to be political, economic, and social ideology. —R. C. Lewontin Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Metals in the environment ............................................................................ 7 1.2 Metallomorphic microbial habitats............................................................... 7 1.2.1 Habitat characteriziation........................................................................ 7 1.2.2 Examples of metallomorphic habitats ................................................. 11 1.2.3 Aspects on methodologies for habitat description..............