Cold-adapted microorganisms / edited by Isao Yumoto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yumoto, Isao, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold adaptation.

Microorganisms.

Extreme environments--Microbiology.

Extreme environments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Norfolk, England : Caister Academic Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Earth is dominated by low-temperature environments including 90% of oceans and 26% of terrestrial soil ecosystems. Once thought too cold for life, these environments have been shown to support diverse microbial communities. Psychrophiles use a wide variety of metabolic pathways, including photosynthesis, chemoautotrophy, and heterotrophy and form robust diverse communities. Cold-adapted microorganisms play a major role in nutrient turnover and primary biomass production in cold ecosystems and have important applications in biotechnology and in the study of food spoilage microorganisms. In this

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Ch 01: Diversity of Bacteria in Permafrost; Ch 02: Ecology and Taxonomy of Psychrotolerant Bacteria in Artificial Cold Environments; Ch 03: Psychrophilic Microorganisms In Marine Environments; Ch 04: Fungi in Cryosphere: Their Adaptations to Environments; Ch 05: Energy Metabolism at Low- temperature and Frozen Conditions in Cold-adapted Microorganisms; Ch 06: Proteins Involved in Cold Adaptation; Ch 07: Heat Shock Response in Psychrophilic Microorganisms; Ch 08: Catalysis and Protein Folding in Psychrophiles

Ch 09: Psychrotolerant H2O2-resistant Bacteria and Environmental Adaptation of their CatalasesCh 10: Microorganisms in a Permafrost Ice Wedge and their Resuscitation-promoting Factors; Ch 11: Lipids in Cold-adapted Microorganisms; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-908230-90-8

OCLC:

1129203567