Polyextremophiles (eBook)

PART 1: OPENING CHAPTERSIntroduction; J. Seckbach et al.Foreword; R.W. CastenholzPreface; K. HorikoshiList of Authors and Their AddressesPART 2: GENERAL ASPECTSPolyextremophiles and the Constraints for Terrestrial Habitability; M.C. Capece et al.Life on the Edge and Astrobiology: Who Is Who in the Polyextremophiles World; J. SeckbachThe Dynamic Genomes of Acidophiles; F. J. López de Saro et al.PART 3: HALOPHILESTwo Centuries of Microbiological Research in the Wadi Natrun, Egypt: A Model System for the Study of the Ecology, Physiology, and Taxonomy of Haloalkaliphilic Microorganisms; A. OrenAdaptation  in Haloalkaliphiles and Natronophilic Bacteria; H.L. Banciu  and D.Y. SorokinA Random Biogeochemical Walk into Three Soda Lakes of the Western USA: With an Introduction to a Few of their Microbial Denizens; R.S. OremlandHalophilic, Acidophilic, and Haloacidophilic Prokaryotes; H. MinegishiLife in Magnesium- and Calcium-Rich Hypersaline Environments: Salt Stress by Chaotropic Ions; A. OrenSurvival Strategies of Halophilic Oligotrophic and Desiccation Resistant Prokaryotes; H. Stan-Lotter and S. FendrihanRadiation Resistance in Extremophiles: Fending Off Multiple Attacks; K.M. Webb and J. DiRuggieroPART 4: THERMOPHILESThermoalkaliphilic Microbes; V. Kumar and T. SatyanarayanaAcido- and Thermophilic Microorganisms, Their Features and Identification of Novel Enzymes or Pathways; Y. KawarabayasiMicrobial Diversity in Acidic High Temperature Steam Vents; R.L. Weiss Bizzoco and  S.T. KelleyPART 5: PSYCHROPHILESLeft Out in the Cold: Life in Cryoenvironments; J. Goordial et al.Microbial Diversity and Enzymes in Ikaite Columns; A Cold and Alkaline Environment in Greenland; J.K. Vester et al.Microbial Communities Thriving in Various Ice Ecosystems; B. Sattler and B. PostSnow Algae. Adaptation Strategies to Survive on Snow and Ice; T. LeyaAdaptation of Antarctic Freshwater Green Algae to the Extreme Environments; H. HuPART 6: PRESSUREDeep Sub-Surface Oil Reservoirs as Poly-Extreme Habitats for Microbial Life. A Current Review; A. Wentzel et al.Expanding Limits for Life to a New Dimension: Microbial Growth at Hypergravity; S. Deguchi  and K. HorikoshiPART 7: OXYGEN RELATIONSHIPSMicrobial Eukaryotes in Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones; W.D. Orsi and V.P. EdgcombDeep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins as Model Systems for Environmental Selection of Microbial Plankton; A. Stock et al.Microbial Eukaryotes in Hypersaline Anoxic Deep Sea Basins; V.P. Edgcomb and W.D. OrsiLife at High Salt and Low Oxygen: How Do the Halobacteriaceae Cope with Low Oxygen Concentrations in their Environment?; A. OrenPART 8: SELECTED ORGANISMSNiches and Adaptations of Polyextremotolerant Black Fungi; M. Grube et al.Polyextremophilic Photoautotrophic Eukaryotic Algae; W. Reisser Extremophilic Magnetotactic Bacteria; C.T. Lefèvre and D. A. BazylinskiMulticellular Extremophiles – The Case of the Tardigrades; D. Schulze-Makuch and J. SeckbachPART 9: FINAL COMMENTSPolyextremophiles - Summary and Conclusions; J. Chela FloresErratumOrganism IndexSubject IndexAuthor Index