Extremophiles Handbook

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Horikoshi, Koki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Microbiology.; Biochemistry.; Microbial ecology.; Astrobiology.; Life Sciences.; Applied Microbiology.; Biochemistry, general.; Microbial Ecology.

The Extremophiles Handbook brings together the rapidly growing and often scattered information on microbial life in the whole range of extreme environments. This book will be a useful reference for finding clues to the origin of life and for exploring the biotechnology potential of these fascinating...

Table of Contents:

• PART 1: PROLOGUE
• PART 2: EXTREMOPHILES: ALKALIPHIES
•  PART 3: EXTREMOPHILES: HALOPHILES
•  PART 4: EXTREMOPHILES: THERMOPHILES
•  PART 5: EXTREMOPHILES: PIEZOPHILES
•  PART 6: EXTREMOPHILES: PSYCHROPHILES
•  PART 7: EXTREMOPHILES: XEROPHILES
•  PART 8: EXTREMOPHILES: ORGANIC SOLVENT TOLERANT MICROORGANISMS
•  PART 9: NEW FRONTIERS: DEEP BIOSPHERE
•  PART 10: NEW FRONTIERS: RADIATION RESISTANT ORGANISMS
•  PART 11: NEW FRONTIERS: MICROORGANISMS IN OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENTS
•  PART 12: NEW FRONTIERS: APPLICATIONS AND GLOBAL IMPACTS
• PART 13: EPILOGUE.