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Biotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms / Natuschka M. Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Life in extreme environments ; 6
- Life in Extreme Environments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Microorganisms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XXI, 403 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book provides a broad overview how extremophiles can be used in biotechnology, including for the production and degradation of compounds. It reviews various recent discoveries and applications related to a large variety of extremophiles, considering both prokaryotes as well as eukaryotes.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Contributing authors
- 1 Extremophiles: a promising source of novel natural products
- 2 The extremophilic pharmacy: drug discovery at the limits of life
- 3 Metabolic engineering of thermophilic bacteria for production of biotechnologically interesting compounds
- 4 Extremozymes: from discovery to novel bio-products
- 5 The compatible solute ectoine: protection mechanisms, strain development, and industrial production
- 6 Thermophilic photosynthesis-based microbial communities – energy production and conversion
- 7 Photosynthesis at high latitudes – adaptation of photosynthetic microorganisms to Nordic climates
- 8 Roles of extremophiles in the bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil environment
- 9 Bioremediative potential of bacteria in cold desert environments
- 10 Subsurface extremophiles and nuclear waste storage
- 11 Metal bioleaching: fundamentals and geobiotechnical application of aerobic and anaerobic acidophiles
- 12 Cyanobacterium-based technologies in space and on Earth
- 13 The biotechnological potential of yeast under extreme conditions
- 14 Biotechnological potential of tardigrades
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (de Gruyter, viewed on October 2, 2023).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783110424331
- 3110424339
- OCLC:
- 1224278545
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