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Author:   Cyril Ponnamperuma ,  L. Margulis
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1980 ed.
Volume:   4
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9789027711557

ISBN 10:   9027711550
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   30 September 1980
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Limits to Life at Low Temperatures and at Reduced Water Contents and Water Activities.- Biological Limits of Temperature and Pressure.- Endolithic Microbial Life in Hot and Cold Deserts.- Purification and Properties of Malate Dehydrogenase from the Extreme Thermophile Bacillus Caldolyticus.- The Gas Vacuole: An Early Organelle of Prokaryote Motility?.- Physical Chemistry and Evolution of Salt Tolerance in Halobacteria.- Halophily and Halotolerance in Cyanophytes.- Soil Stabilization by a Prokaryotic Desert Crust: Implications for Precambrian Land Biota.- The Evolution of the Solar ‘Constant’.- Ozone, Ultraviolet Flux and Temperature of the Paleoatmosphere.- Atmospheric Constraints on the Evolution of Metabolism.- Archean Photoautotrophy: Some Alternatives and Limits.- Sulphur Isotope Ratios in Late and Early Precambrian Sediments and their Implications Regarding Early Environments and Early Life.- Antiquity and Evolutionary Status of Bacterial Sulfate Reduction: Sulfur Isotope Evidence.- Structural Features of Manganese Precipitating Bacteria.- The Radioracemization of Amino Acids by Ionizing Radiation: Geochemical and Cosmochemical Implications.

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