Biotechnology of Extremophiles: Advances and Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rampelotto, Pabulo H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology, 1
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biomedical engineering.; Microbiology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Applied Microbiology.

Aimed at research scientists and biotechnologists, this book is an essential reading for those working with extremophiles and their potential biotechnological application. Here, we provide a comprehensive and reliable source of information on the recent advances and challenges in different aspects o...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction:  Biotechnology of Extremophiles
• 2.Bioprospecting in Extreme Environments
• 3.Extremolytes and Extremozymes
• 4.Biotechnology of Thermophiles and Hyperthermophile
• 5.Biotechnology of Psychrophiles
• 6.Biotechnology of Acidophiles
• 7.Biotechnology of Alkaliphiles
• 8.Biotechnology of Halophiles
• 9.Biotechnology of Piezophiles.