Product Description: Microbial Water Stress Physiology Principles and Perspectives A. D. Brown Department of Biology, University of Wollongong, Australia. The book is concerned with the physiological factors that enable microorganisms to tolerate chronic stress, that is to thrive at low levels of water potential, whether generated by high salinities, high concentrations of non-electrolytes or by low matric potential, and to survive acute stress by adapting to changes in water potential...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)