Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes

Prof. (em) Dr. Helga Stan-LotterDivision of Molecular BiologyUniversity of Salzburg, Austria Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sergiu FendrihanUniversity Vasile Goldis Arad, Romania

1.Physico-chemical boundaries of life.- 2.Microbial diversity in deep hypersaline anoxic basins.- 3.Microbial speciation in the geothermal ecosystem.- 4.Bacterial adaptation to hot and dry deserts.- 5.Extremophiles in Antarctica: Life at low temperatures.- 6.Anhydrobiotic rock-inhabiting cyanobacteria: Potential for astrobiology and biotechnology.- 7.Psychrophilic microorganisms as important source for biotechnological processes.- 8.Halophilic microorganisms from man-made and natural hypersaline environments: Physiology, ecology, and biotechnological potential.- 9.Applications of extremophiles in astrobiology: Habitability and life detection strategies.- 10.Extremophiles in spacecraft assembly clean rooms.- 11.The Extreme Biology of Meteorites: Their Role in Understanding the Origin and Distribution of Life on Earth and in the Universe.

"This book is a revised and expanded edition of a collective work, first published in 2011 ... . readers will experience a real taste of the topics being explored in the extremophile community. The excellent color photographs on glossy paper also help uninitiated readers gain a better sense of the field-based aspects of microbial habitability studies. This book is for libraries with holdings in astrobiology. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals." (P. K. Strother, Choice, Vol. 55 (1), September, 2017)