Psychrophiles: from Biodiversity to Biotechnolgy

Psychrophiles: from Biodiversity to Biotechnolgy
by Rosa Margesin (Editor), Franz Schinner (Editor), Jean-Claude Marx (Editor), Charles Gerday (Editor)

Product Details
Hardcover: 462 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (December 18, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3540743340

Book Description
The majority of the Earth s biosphere is cold and exposed to temperatures below 5°C throughout the year. Having evolved special mechanisms to overcome the life-endangering influence of low temperatures, psychrophiles, i.e. cold-adapted microorganisms, have successfully colonized these environments. Cold adaptation includes a complex range of structural and functional adaptations at the level of all cellular constituents, and these adaptations render cold-adapted organisms particularly useful for biotechnological applications. This book presents the most recent knowledge of (i) boundary conditions for microbial life in the cold, (ii) microbial diversity in various cold ecosystems, (iii) molecular cold adaptation mechanisms and (iv) the resulting biotechnological perspectives.

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