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Ever since extremophiles were discovered in 1965 in the near-boiling water of the Octopus Spring geyser at Yellowstone National Park, they have forever changed our perceptions of living organisms. Physiology and Biochemistry of Extremophiles presents the most comprehensive survey of these fascinating microorganisms. Because of their capacity to live and thrive in harsh environments, extremophiles are believed to have played a significant role in shaping all life on Earth and may hold the keys to the search for extra-terrestrial life. Owing to their unique characteristics, these organisms also have become vitally important to the field of biotechnology. This volume provides a detailed overview of the current state of knowledge about this special group of organisms.
 
The 28 chapters written by experts around the globe identify extremophiles, explore their unique ecologies, explain their physiologies, and discuss biotechnological applications. This extensive and up-to-date survey is the first to thoroughly describe the environments where these organisms reside and sheds light, at the molecular level, on the mechanisms that enable these unique organisms to survive. Covering all known types of extremophiles (including thermophiles, psychrophiles, halophiles, acidophiles, piezophiles, and alkaliphiles), this volume is an indispensable reference for the latest knowledge about all extremophiles and their environments. Additionally, the authors clarify the critical importance of extremophiles to astrobiology and the search for the origins of life.
Table of Contents
 
Introduction
 
1. Extremophiles and the Origin of Life
Sara Islas, Ana María Velasco, Arturo Becerra, Luis Delaye, and Antonio Lazcano
 
 
Thermophiles
 
2. Thermal Environments and Biodiversity
Elizabeth A. Burgess, Isaac D. Wagner, and Jürgen Wiegel
 
3. Functional Genomics in Thermophilic Microorganisms
Frank T. Robb and Deborah T. Newby
 
4. How Nucleic Acids Cope with High Temperature
Henri Grosjean and Tairo Oshima
 
5. How Thermophiles Cope with Thermolabile Metabolites
Jan Massant
 
6. Temperature-Dependent Molecular Adaptation Features in Proteins
Sandeep Kumar, Sunil Arya, and Ruth Nussinov
 
7. The Physiological Role, Biosynthesis, and Mode of Action of Compatible Solutes from (Hyper)thermophiles
Helena Santos, Pedro Lamosa, Tiago Q. Faria, Nuno Borges, and Clélia Neves
 
8. Membrane Adaptations of Hyperthermophiles to High Temperatures
Arnold J. M. Driessen and Sonja V. Albers
 
 
Psychrophiles
 
9. Ecology and Biodiversity of Cold-Adapted Microorganisms
Don A. Cowan, Ana Casanueva, and William Stafford
 
10. Life in Ice Formations at Very Cold Temperatures
Jody W. Deming
 
11. Lake Vostok and Subglacial Lakes of Antarctica: Do They Host Life?
Guido di Prisco
 
12. Psychrophiles: Membrane Adaptations
Nicholas J. Russell
 
13. Cold-Adapted Enzymes
Tony Collins, Salvino D’Amico, Jean-Claude Marx, Georges Feller, and Charles Gerday
 
14. The Cold-Shock Response
Masayori Inouye and Sangita Phadtare
 
15. Perception and Transduction of Low Temperature in Bacteria
S. Shivaji, M. D. Kiran, and S. Chintalapati
 
16. An Interplay between Metabolic and Physico-chemical Constraints: Lessons from the Psychrophilic Prokaryote Genomes
Antoine Danchin
 
 
Halophiles
 
17. Biodiversity in Highly Saline Environments
Aharon Oren
 
18. Response to Osmotic Stress in a Haloarchaeal Genome: a Role for General Stress Proteins and Global Regulatory Mechanisms
Guadalupe Juez, David Fenosa, Aitor Gonzaga, Elena Soria, and Francisco J. M. Mojica
 
19. Molecular Adaptation to High Salt
Frédéric Vellieux, Dominique Madern, Giuseppe Zaccai, and Christine Ebel
 
 
Acidophiles
 
20. Physiology and Ecology of Acidophilic Microorganisms
D. Barrie Johnson
 
21. Acidophiles: Mechanisms To Tolerate Metal and Acid Toxicity
Sylvia Franke and Christopher Rensing
 
22. Genomics of Acidophiles
A. Angelov and W. Liebl
 
 
Alkaliphiles
 
23. Environmental and Taxonomic Biodiversities of Gram-Positive Alkaliphiles
Isao Yumoto
 
24. Bioenergetic Adaptations That Support Alkaliphily
Terry Ann Krulwich, David B. Hicks, Talia Swartz, and Masahiro Ito
 
 
Piezophiles
 
25. Microbial Adaptation to High Pressure
Douglas H. Bartlett, Federico M. Lauro, and Emiley A. Eloe
 
 
Exobiology
 
26. Astrobiology and the Search for Life in the Universe
Giles M. Marion and Dirk Schulze-Makuch
 
 
Biotechnology
 
27. Extremophiles, a Unique Resource of Biocatalysts for Industrial Biotechnology
Garabed Antranikian and Ksenia Egorova
 
 
Lessons from Extremophiles
 
28. Lessons from Extremophiles: Early Evolution and Border Conditions of Life
Ying Xu and Nicolas Glansdorff

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Statement of Responsibility: edited by Charles Gerday and Nicolas Glansdorff
Year: 2007
Publisher: Washington, DC, ASM Press
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Classification: Search for this systematic MB-21, MB-60
Subject type: Search for this subject type Handbücher
ISBN: 9781555814229
ISBN (2nd): 1-55581-422-0
Description: XVI, 429 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
Tags: Bakterien; Physiologie; Mikrobielle Ökologie
Participating parties: Search for this character Gerday, Charles; Glansdorff, Nicolas
Language: englisch||
Footnote: Literaturangaben
Media group: Ausleihbestand