The outer reaches of life

The outer reaches of life / John Postgate.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Postgate, J. R. (John Raymond)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995, c1994.
Edition:Canto ed.
Subjects:
Extreme environments > Microbiology.
Microorganisms.
Table of Contents:
  • Microbes and terrestrial life
  • Some like it hot
  • Cool, man, cool
  • Big squeeze
  • A salty tale
  • Corrosive and slippery places
  • Life without oxygen
  • Living on minerals
  • Exotic menus
  • Of wraiths and ghosts
  • Inertness of nitrogen
  • Getting about
  • Microsenses
  • Private space
  • Company
  • Immortality and the big sleep
  • Self-adjustment
  • Life's outer reaches.

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