Extremophiles in Deep-Sea Environments

1 Biodiversity in Deep-Sea Environments.- 1 Isolation and Characterization of Microorganisms from Deep-Sea Mud.- 2 Molecular Analyses of the Sediment and Isolation of Extreme Barophiles from the Deepest Mariana Trench.- 3 Taxonomy and Biotransformation Activities of Deep-Sea Actinomycetes.- 4 Microbial Diversity in the Sediments Collected from Cold-Seep Areas and from Different Depths of the Deep-Sea.- 2 Adaptation and Response of Extremophiles Toward Extreme Deep-Sea Conditions.- 5 Barophiles (Piezophiles).- 6 Thermophiles.- 7 Deep-Sea Psychrophiles.- 8 Organic Solvent-Tolerant Microorganisms.- 9 Microbial Processes Associated with a Methane Seep Tubeworm.- 3 New Approaches and Future Scope for Deep-Sea Microbiology.- 10 Barophysiology (Piezophysiology).- 11 Genome Analysis of Facultatively AlkaliphilicBacillus haloduransC-125.- 12 Future Scope.- Appendix: International Congress on Extremophiles ‘88 at Yokohama.- Appendix: List of Publications of the First DEEPSTAR Project: October 1, 1990 to September 30, 1998.