Polyextremophiles Life Under Multiple Forms of Stress /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Seckbach, Joseph (Editor), Oren, Aharon (Editor), Stan-Lotter, Helga (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 27
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Cell physiology.; Oxidative stress.; Microbiology.; Astrobiology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Cell Physiology.; Oxidative Stress.

Many Microorganisms and some macro-organisms can live under extreme conditions. For example, high and low temperature, acidic and alkaline conditions, high salt areas, high pressure, toxic compounds, high level of ionizing radiation, anoxia and absence of light, etc. Many organisms inhabit environme...