Cold-Adapted Microorganisms.

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Ch 01: Diversity of Bacteria in Permafrost -- Ch 02: Ecology and Taxonomy of Psychrotolerant Bacteria in Artificial Cold Environments -- Ch 03: Psychrophilic Microorganisms In Marine Environments -- Ch 04: Fungi in Cryosphere: Their Adaptations to Environments -- Ch 05: Energy Metabolism at Low- temperature and Frozen Conditions in Cold-adapted Microorganisms -- Ch 06: Proteins Involved in Cold Adaptation -- Ch 07: Heat Shock Response in Psychrophilic Microorganisms -- Ch 08: Catalysis and Protein Folding in Psychrophiles -- Ch 09: Psychrotolerant H2O2-resistant Bacteria and Environmental Adaptation of their Catalases -- Ch 10: Microorganisms in a Permafrost Ice Wedge and their Resuscitation-promoting Factors -- Ch 11: Lipids in Cold-adapted Microorganisms -- Index.

In this up-to-date book, prominent authors present cutting-edge knowledge and current concepts on cold-adapted microorganisms. Divided into three main sections the book covers the major aspects of biodiversity in cold ecosystems, the physiology and molecular adaptation mechanisms, and the various biomolecules related to cold adaptation. Individual chapters cover the various habitats and the diverse strategies employed to cope with the cold. This major new work represents a valuable source of information to all those scientists interested in cold-adapted microorganisms, extremophiles, microbial ecology and environmental microbiology.

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