Milestones in environmental microbiology: An annotated selection of World Wide Web sites relevant to the topics in environmental microbiology

Significant events in microbiology This site put up by the American Society for Microbiology contains an extensive list of developments in microbiology, both with respect to medical and environmental aspects. David T. Gibson: from biodegradation to biocatalysis This article highlights the contributions of David T. Gibson to environmental microbiology, chiefly his research on the metabolism of aromatic hydrocarbons, such as found in petroleum and industrial chemicals, by microorganisms. History of genomics Genome sequencing and analysis, while a relatively recent development, has now been in use of sufficient time to have a “history” and it has clearly been a major development in environmental, and indeed all fields of, microbiology.