Thermophiles : the keys to molecular evolution and the origin of life? / Juergen Wiegel and Michael W.W. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiegel, Juergen.

Contributor:

Adams, Michael W. W., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thermophilic microorganisms.

Materials--Thermal properties.

Materials.

Molecular evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor & Francis, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Late-1990s developments in the study of thermophiles have had considerable significance on theories of evolution. These micro-organisms are able to thrive at temperatures near or even above 100 degrees Celsius, and scientists have begun to study their biology in an attempt to provide clues about the beginnings of life on our planet.Researchers from diverse background such as biology, genetics, biogeochemistry, oceanography, systematics and evolution come together in this comprehensive volume to address questions such as: Why did life originate? Was the Earth at high temperatures when life began, and if so, how high? What can we conclude about the origins of life from studying thermophilic organisms?"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface page; Contributors; The Early Earth; Do the Geological and Geochemical Records of the Early Earth Support the Prediction from Global Phylogenetic Models of a Thermophilic Cenancestor?; The Early Diversification of Life and the Origin of the Three Domains: A Proposal; Life was Thermophilic for the First Two-thirds of Earth History; The Origin of Life; The Case for a Hyperthermophilic, Chemolithoautotrophic Origin of Life in an Iron-Sulfur World; The Emergence of Metabolism from Within Hydrothermal Systems

The Emergence of Life from FeS Bubbles at Alkaline Hot Springs in an Acid OceanFacing Up to Chemical Realities: Life Did Not Begin at the Growth Temperatures of Hyperthermophiles; Nucleic Acid-based Phylogenies; Were our Ancestors Actually Hyperthermophiles? Viewpoint of a Devil's Advocate; Hyperthermophilic and Mesophilic Origins of the Eukaryotic Genome; Gene Exchange and Evolution; Deciphering the Molecular Record for the Early Evolution of Life: Gene Duplication and Horizontal Gene Transfer

Lateral Gene Exchange, an Evolutionary Mechanism for Extending the Upper or Lower Temperature Limits for Growth of Microorganisms? A HypothesisEvidence in Anaerobic Fungi of Transfer of Genes Between Them from Aerobic Fungi, Bacteria and Animal Hosts; Enzyme-based Phylogenies; DNA Topoisomerases, Temperature Adaptation, and Early Diversification of Life; Aminoacyl-tRNA Syntetases: Evolution of a Troubled Family; The Evolutionary History of Carbamoyltransferases: Insights on the Early Evolution of the Last Universal Common Ancestor; Enzyme Evolution; Evolution of the Histone Fold

Comparative Enzymology as an Aid to Understanding EvolutionPyrophosphate-dependent Phosphofructokinases in Thermophilic and Nonthermophilic Microorganisms; Membrane Evolution; sn-Glycerol-1-phosphate Dehydrogenase: A Key Enzyme in the Biosynthesis of Ether Phospholipids in Archaea; From the Common Ancestor of all Living Organisms to Protoeukaryotic Cell; Life at High Temperature; Primitive Coenzymes and Metabolites in Archaeal/Thermophilic Metabolic Pathways; 3-Phosphoglycerate Kinase and Triose-phosphate Isomerase from Hyperthermophilic Archaea: Features of Biochemical Thermoadaptation

The Evolutionary Significance of the Metabolism of Tungsten by Microorganisms Growing at 100CIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.337-38) and index.

ISBN:

9786610405886

9781040217566

1040217567

9780429181955

0429181957

9781482273045

1482273047

9781280405884

1280405880

9780203484203

0203484207

OCLC:

437078594