Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nucleic-Acid-Based Methods -- Metabolic Diversity and Ecophysiology -- Marine Bacteria. Overview of Diversity of the Bacteria ; Major Types of Marine Bacteria, Grouped by Phenotype -- Marine Archaea -- Marine Eukaryotic Microbes -- Marine Viruses -- Microbes in Ocean Processes : Carbon Cycling -- Microbes in Ocean Processes : Nitrogen, Sulfur, Iron, and Phosphorus Cycling -- Symbiotic Associations -- Microbial Diseases of Marine Organisms. Diseases of Invertebrates ; Diseases of Vertebrates ; Diseases of Seaweeds and Seagrasses -- Marine Microbes as Agents of Human Disease -- Microbial Aspects of Marine Biofouling, Biodeterioration, and Pollution. Biofouling And Biodeterioration ; Microbial aspects of Marine Pollution by Sewage ; Oil and other Chemical Pollution -- Marine Microbes and Biotechnology -- Concluding Remarks.