Journey to Diverse Microbial Worlds Adaptation to Exotic Environments

Journey to Diverse Microbial Worlds Adaptation to Exotic Environments / edited by Joseph Seckbach.

In this Journey to Microbial Worlds we present the diversity of microorganisms, from the state of fossil microbes in Archaean age rocks to the possibilities of extraterrestrial life. This volume discusses the extremophiles living in harsh environments (from our anthropocentric point) and describes t...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Seckbach, Joseph (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000.
Edition:1st ed. 2000.
Series:Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 2
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Microbiology.
Life sciences.
Plant science.
Botany.
Aquatic ecology .
Oceanography.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. General Diversity
  • 1. A Vista into the Diverse Microbial Worlds: An Introduction
  • 2. The Diversity of Fossil Microorganisms in Archaean-Age Rocks
  • 3. Prokaryotic Diversity
  • 4. Molecular Biology and Genetic Diversity of Microorganisms
  • II. Introduction to Extremophiles
  • 5. Bacterial Habitats of Extremophiles
  • 6. Anaerobes from Extreme Environments
  • III. Thermophiles and Acidophiles
  • 7. Sulfur Metabolism Among Hyperthermophiles
  • 8. Acidophilic Microorganisms
  • 9. New Acidophilic Thermophiles
  • IV. Psychrophiles and Barophiles
  • 10. Snow Algae: The Effects of Chemical and Physical Factors on their Life Cycles and Populations
  • 11. An Oceanographic Perspective on Microbial Life at Low Temperature
  • 12. Deep-Sea Bacteria
  • V.Alkaliphiles
  • 13. Microbial Diversity and Ecology of Alkaline Environments
  • 14. Anaerobic Chemotropic Alkaliphiles
  • 15. Alkaliphilic Cyanobacteria
  • VI. Halophiles
  • 16. Life at High Salt Concentrations: Possibilities and Limitations
  • 17. New Discovered Halophilic Fungi in the Dead Sea (Israel)
  • VII. Symbioses
  • 18. Symbioses (Living One inside the Other)
  • VIII. Bioluminescence
  • 19. Luminous Bacteria
  • IX. Versatile Microbial Life on the Edge
  • 20. Diversity of Methanogens
  • 21. Microbial Life on Petroleum
  • 22. Rock Dwelling Fungal Communities: Diversity of Life Styles and Colony Structure
  • 23. Morphology as a Parameter for Diversity of Bacterial Population
  • 24. Surviving Escherichia coli in Good Shape
  • X. Astrobiology and Microbial Candidates for Extraterrestrial Life
  • 25. Introduction to Astrobiology: Origin, Evolution, Distribution and Destiny of Life in the Universe
  • 26. Life in the Cold and Dry Limits: Earth, Mars and Beyond
  • 27. Terrestrial Microbes as Candidates for Survival on Mars and Europe
  • Author Index.

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