Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology

Rosa Margesin is full professor at the Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Her field of research are cold-adapted microorganisms, with the focus on alpine habitats, including ecology, biodiversity and taxonomy of psychrophiles, soil microbiology, and environmental microbiology (biodegradation and bioremediation). Rosa Margesin is (Co-)Editor of 10 books published by Springer, and of various Thematic Journal Issues. She (co-)authored more than 100 publications and reviews in international peer-reviewed journals.

The Climate of Snow and Ice as Boundary Condition for Microbial Life.- Limits for Microbial Life at Subzero Temperatures.- Aeromicrobiology.- Microbial Life in Supraglacial Environments.- Microbiology of Subglacial Environments.- Viruses in Glacial Environments.- Microbial Life in the Deep Sea: Psychropiezophiles.- Microbial Life in Permafrost.- Cyanobacteria in Polar and Alpine Ecosystems.- Enzyme Catalysis in Psychrophiles.- Cryoprotectants and Ice-Binding Proteins.- The Role of Exopolysaccharides in Microbial Adaptation to Cold Habitats.- Molecular Structure of Lipopolysaccharides of Cold-Adapted Bacteria.- Polar Microalgae: Functional Genomics, Physiology and the Environment.- Genomics of Psychrophilic Bacteria and Archaea.- Metagenomic Analysis of Low Temperature Environments.- Proteomic Insights of Psychrophiles.- From Transcriptomes to Metatranscriptomes: Cold Adaptation and Active Metabolisms of Psychrophiles from Cold Environments.- Biotechnological Aspects of Cold-Active Enzymes.- Biotechnological Improvements of Cold-Adapted Enzymes: Commercialization via an Integrated Approach.- Heterologous Protein Expression in Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125.- Psychrophiles as a Source of Novel Antimicrobials.- Permafrost Bacteria in Biotechnology: Biomedical Applications.- Cold-Adapted Basidiomycetous Yeasts as a Source of Biochemicals.- Perspectives of Low-Temperature Biomass Production of Polar Microalgae and Biotechnology Expansion Into High Latitudes.- Nitrification at Low Temperature for Purification of Used Water.- Biodegradation of Petroleum Oil in Cold Marine Environments.- Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Spills in Cold Terrestrial Environments.- Rhizoremediation in Cold Climates.