Overview

""Water is life!"" All active cellular systems require water as the medium and solvent of their metabolic activities. Hydrophobic compounds and structures, which tend to exclude water, though providing inter alia excellent sources of energy and a means of biological compartmentalization, present problems of cellular handling, poor bioavailability and, in some cases, toxicity. Microbes both synthesize and exploit a vast range of hydrophobic organics, especially petroleum oil hydrocarbons and industrial pollutants, and the underlying interactions not only have major consequences for the lifestyles of the microbes involved, but also for biogeochemistry, climate change, environmental pollution, human health and a range of biotechnological applications. The aim of this handbook is to be the definitive resource of current knowledge on the diverse and multifaceted aspects of these interactions, the microbial players, and the physiological mechanisms and adaptive strategies characteristic ofthe microbial lifestyle that plays out at hydrophobic material: aqueous liquid interfaces.

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Author:   Terry McGenity ,  Kenneth N. Timmis ,  Jan Roelof van der Meer ,  Victor de Lorenzo
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2010 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 20.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   9.303kg
ISBN:  

9783540775843

ISBN 10:   3540775846
Pages:   4699
Publication Date:   03 December 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Volume 1: Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids: Diversity, Properties and Formation Volume 2: Microbiology Utilization of Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids Volume 3: Microbes and Communities Utilizing Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids      Volume 4:Consequences of Microbial Interactions with Hydrocarbons, Oils and Lipids Volume 5: Experimental Protocols and Appendices  

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