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Physiology and biochemistry of extremophiles/ (Record no. 150290)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9781555814229
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Transcribing agency	CUS
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	579.1758
Item number	GER/P
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Physiology and biochemistry of extremophiles/
Statement of responsibility, etc.	edited by Charles Gerday and Nicolas Glansdorff.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement	1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	Washington:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	ASM Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	2007.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xvi, 429 p. :
Other physical details	ill. ;
Dimensions	29 cm.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	I Introduction<br/>1. Extremophiles and the Origin of Life<br/><br/>II Thermophiles<br/>2. Thermal Environments and Biodiversity<br/>3. Functional Genomics in Thermophilic Microorganisms<br/>4. How Nucleic Acids Cope with High Temperature<br/>5. How Thermophiles Cope with Thermolabile Metabolites<br/>6. Temperature-Dependent Molecular Adaptation Features in Proteins<br/>7. The Physiological Role, Biosynthesis and Mode of Action of Compatible Solutes from (Hyper)thermophiles<br/>8. Membrane Adaptations of (Hyper)thermophiles to High Temperatures<br/><br/>III Psychrophiles<br/>9. Ecology and Biodiversity of Cold-Adapted Microorganisms<br/>10. Life in Ice Formations at Very Cold Temperatures<br/>11. Lake Vostok and Subglacial Lakes of Antarctica: Do They Host Life?<br/>12. Psychrophiles: Membrane Adaptations<br/>13. Cold-Adapted Enzymes<br/>14. The Cold-Shock Response<br/>15. Perception and Transduction of Low Temperature in Bacteria<br/>16. An Interplay Between Metabolic and Physico-Chemical Constraints: Lessons from the Psychrophilic Prokaryote Genomes<br/><br/>IV Halophiles<br/>17. Biodiversity in Highly Saline Environments<br/>18. Response to Osmotic Stress in a Haloarchaeal Genome: A Role for General Stress Proteins and Global Regulatory Mechanisms<br/>19. Molecular Adaptation to High Salt<br/><br/>V Acidophiles<br/>20. Physiology and Ecology of Acidophilic Microorganisms<br/>21. Acidophiles: Mechanisms to Tolerate Metal and Acid Toxicity<br/>22. Genomics of Acidophiles<br/><br/>VI Alkaliphiles<br/>23. Environmental and Taxonomic Biodiversities of Gram-Positive Alkaliphiles<br/>24. Bioenergetic Adaptations that Support Alkaliphily<br/><br/>VII Piezophiles<br/>25. Microbial Adaptation to High Pressure<br/><br/>VIII Exobiology<br/>26. Astrobiology and the Search for Life in the Universe<br/><br/>IX Biotechnology<br/>27. Extremophiles, a Unique Resource of Biocatalysts for Industrial <br/>Biotechnology<br/><br/>XLessons from Extremophiles<br/>28. Lessons from Extremophiles: Early Evolution and Border Conditions of Life<br/>
650 ## - SUBJECT
Keyword	Extreme environments -- Microbiology.
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Keyword	Archaea -- physiology.
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Keyword	Adaptation, Physiological.
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Keyword	Bacterial Proteins -- physiology.
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Keyword	Biodiversity.
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Keyword	Environmental Microbiology.
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Personal name	edited by Gerday, Charles
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Glansdorff, Nicolas
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Koha item type	General Books Science Library

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