The Ecological Role of Micro-organisms in the Antarctic Environment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Castro-Sowinski, Susana (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Polar Sciences,
• Subjects: Microbiology.; Climate change.; Microbial ecology.; Ecosystems.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Microbial Ecology.

This book provides up-to-date multidisciplinary information regarding microbial physiological groups in terms of their role in the Antarctic ecology. How do microorganisms shape the Antarctic environment? The book presents a thorough overview of the most important physiological microbial groups or m...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: The role of microorganisms in the biogeochemical cycles in Antarctica
• Chapter 1. Role of Cyanobacteria in the ecology of different polar environments (Marc W. Van Goethem and Don A. Cowan)
• Chapter 2. Patterns of microorganisms inhabiting Antarctic freshwater lakes with special reference to aquatic moss pillars (Ryosuke Nakai, Satoshi Imura and Takeshi Naganuma)
• Chapter 3. Yeast activities involved in carbon and nitrogen cycles in Antarctica (Silvana Vero, Gabriela Garmendia, Adalgisa Martínez-Silveira, Ivana Cavello and Michael Wisniewski)
• Chapter 4. Living with pigments: the colour palette of Antarctic life (Juan José Marizcurrena, Fernanda Cerdá, Diego Alem and Susana Castro-Sowinski)
• Part II: Invasive colonization and human perturbations in Antarctic microbial ecosystems
• Chapter 5. Horizontal Gene Transfer Elements: Plasmids in Antarctic Microorganisms (Matías Giménez, Gastón Azziz, Paul R. Gill and Silvia Batista)
• Chapter 6. Diversity and ecological roles of prokaryotes in the changing Antarctic marine environment (Angelina Lo Giudice and Maurizio Azzaro)
• Chapter 7. Antarctic Soil Microbial Communities in a Changing Environment: Their Contributions to the Sustainability of Antarctic Ecosystems and the Bioremediation of Anthropogenic Pollution (Cecilia G. Flocco, Walter P. Mac Cormack and Kornelia Smalla)
• Chapter 8. Airborne Microorganisms in Antarctica: Transport, Survival and Establishment (Katie King-Miaow, Kevin Lee, Teruya Maki, Donnabella LaCap-Bugler and Stephen David James Archer)
• Chapter 9. Molecular biology of RNA viruses isolated in Antarctica (Juan Cristina)
• Part III: The ecological roles of microorganisms inhabiting specific Antarctic niches
• Chapter 10. The hidden life of Antarctic rocks (Vanesa Amarelle, Valentina Carrasco and Elena Fabiano)
• Chapter 11. Marine fungi associated with Antarctic macroalgae (Mayara B. Ogaki, Maria T. de Paula, Daniele Ruas, Franciane M. Pellizzari, César X. García-Laviña and Luiz H. Rosa)
• Chapter 12. Microbial role in the ecology of Antarctic plants (Júnia Schultz and Alexandre Soares Rosado)
• Chapter 13. Microbial symbionts of Antarctic marine benthic invertebrates (Angelina Lo Giudice, Maurizio Azzaro and Stefano Schiaparelli).