Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes Novel Research Results and Application /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stan-Lotter, Helga (Editor), Fendrihan, Sergiu (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.

This entirely updated second edition provides an overview on the biology, ecology and biodiversity of extremophiles. Unusual and less explored ecosystems inhabited by extremophiles such as marine hypersaline deeps, extreme cold, desert sands, and man-made clean rooms for spacecraft assembly are pres...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Physico-chemical boundaries of life
• 2.Microbial diversity in deep hypersaline anoxic basins
• 3.Microbial speciation in the geothermal ecosystem
• 4.Bacterial adaptation to hot and dry deserts
• 5.Extremophiles in Antarctica: Life at low temperatures
• 6.Anhydrobiotic rock-inhabiting cyanobacteria: Potential for astrobiology and biotechnology
• 7.Psychrophilic microorganisms as important source for biotechnological processes
• 8.Halophilic microorganisms from man-made and natural hypersaline environments: Physiology, ecology, and biotechnological potential
• 9.Applications of extremophiles in astrobiology: Habitability and life detection strategies
• 10.Extremophiles in spacecraft assembly clean rooms
• 11.The Extreme Biology of Meteorites: Their Role in Understanding the Origin and Distribution of Life on Earth and in the Universe.