Overview
- Discusses the boundary conditions for microbial life in the cold
- Provides new insights into microbial diversity and activity in various cold ecosystems
- Discusses molecular and physiological cold-adaptation strategies
- Offers biotechnological perspectives
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About this book
This completely updated and revised second edition presents the most recent developments and advances in the field of microbial life in the cold, as well as the latest insights into the psychrophilic lifestyle. It particularly focuses on the exploitation of psychrophiles as a source of cold-active enzymes and biopolymers, and their benefits in the fields of biomedicine and bioremediation.
Written by leading international experts, the book is intended for microbiologists, ecologists, molecular biologists, biochemists, environmental scientists and biotechnologists in academia and industry.
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Keywords
- Extremophiles
- Cold adaptation
- Psychrophilic lifestyle
- Cold-active enzyme
- Cold ecosystem
- Aeromicrobiology
- Supraglacial environments
- Glacial environments
- Permafrost
- Polar ecosystems
- Alpine ecosystems
- Cryoprotectant
- Ice-binding protein
- Cold habitat
- Cold-adapted bacteria
- Polar Microalgae
- Cold-adapted enzyme
- Low-temperature biomass production
Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Boundary Conditions for Microbial Life in the Cold
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Microbial Diversity and Activity in Cold Ecosystems
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Molecular and Physiological Adaptations to Cold Habitats
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology
Editors: Rosa Margesin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57057-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57056-3Published: 07 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86067-1Published: 13 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57057-0Published: 22 June 2017
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVIII, 685
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations, 55 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbial Ecology, Applied Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Biochemistry, general, Astrophysics and Astroparticles