Microbial ecotoxicology edited by Cristiana Cravo-Laureau, Christine Cagnon, Béatrice Lauga and Robert Duran,

1. INTRODUCTION a. Pollution History (by Charles-Francois Mathis, Universite de Bordeaux, France) b. From Microbial Ecology to Microbial Ecotoxicology (by Andy Ball, RMIT University, Australia) 2. Inter-disciplinary in microbial ecotoxicology (by Philippe Garrigues; Directeur de l'Institut des Sciences Moleculaires - Bordeaux, France) 3. Ecosystemic services (provided by microbial communities) Case study: a. Hyporheic rehabilitation in rivers (by Jose Miguel Sanchez; Research Director, ECOLAB UMR 5245 CNRS - Universite Paul Sabatier, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France) 4. Microbial responses to pollution - Ecotoxicology Introducing the different biological levels (by Cravo-Laureau, Lauga, Cagnon & Duran ; Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France) 5. Metabolic responses Concepts (by Ji Dong GU, University of Hong Kong, China) 6. Genetic adaptation Concepts (by Patricia Sobecky; Professor and Associate Provost for Academic Affairs - University of Alabama, USA) Case study (by William Hickey; University of Wisconsin Madison, USA) 7. Microbial community response Diversity - function relationships (by Emma Johnston and Katherine Dafforn, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences UNSW, Australia) Case study (by Anna Koukkou, Elpiniki Vandera, Eugenia Karabika, - University of Ioannina Department of Chemistry Ioannina, Greece) < 8. Ecological indicators of ecosystem recovery Continental and marine environments (by Jean-Francois Ghiglione - UMPC Banuyls Stephane Pesce IRSTEA Lyon & Fabrice Martin-Laurent INRA Dijon, France) 9. Microbial Biomarkers Concept of biomarkers- tools for microbial ecotoxicology (by Helena Guash; Universitat de Girona, Spain) 10. Microbial Biosensors Concept of biosensors - tools for microbial ecotoxicology (by Gerald Thouand; laboratoire de Genie des procedes - environnement - agro-alimentaire- GEPEA, Nantes, France) Case study: a. Metals (by Juan Carlos Gutierrez; Universidad de Madrid, Spain) 11. Microbial Ecotoxicology: Looking to the Future (by Sergi Sabater, Univ. Girona - Insititute of Aquatic Ecology, GRECO, Spain)

This book is a treatise on microbial ecotoxicology, discussing the effect of pollutants on microbial ecosystems and the role of microorganisms in ecosystems services. It also addresses the ecological indicators of ecosystem recovery, as well as microbial biomarkers and biosensors as tools for microbial ecotoxicology.