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OverviewA detailed overview of the current state of knowledge about this special group of organisms. Identifies extremophiles, explores their unique ecologies, explains their physiologies, and discusses biotechnological applications. Describes the environments where these organisms reside and sheds light, at the molecular level, on the mechanisms that enable these unique organisms to survive. Covers all known types of extremophiles (including thermophiles, psychrophiles, halophiles, acidophiles, piezophiles, and alkaliphiles). Serves as an essential volume for a variety of scientists, including microbiologists, biochemists, physiologists, biotechnology specialists, ecologists, and physical scientists such as chemists and astronomers. This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles Gerday , Nicolas GlansdorffPublisher: American Society for Microbiology Imprint: American Society for Microbiology Dimensions: Width: 22.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 28.10cm Weight: 1.276kg ISBN: 9781555814229ISBN 10: 1555814220 Pages: 450 Publication Date: 24 April 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction 1. Extremophiles and the Origin of Life Sara Islas, Ana Maria Velasco, Arturo Becerra, Luis Delaye, and Antonio Lazcano Thermophiles 2. Thermal Environments and Biodiversity Elizabeth A. Burgess, Isaac D. Wagner, and Jurgen 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 Clelia 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 Frederic 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 GlansdorffReviewsAuthor InformationEditors: Charles Gerday, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium Nicolas Glansdorff, Free University of Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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