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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464665903321

Titolo

Cold-adapted microorganisms / / edited by Isao Yumoto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Norfolk, England : , : Caister Academic Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-908230-90-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

574.542

Soggetti

Cold adaptation

Microorganisms

Extreme environments - Microbiology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 CatalasesCh 10: Microorganisms in a Permafrost Ice Wedge and their Resuscitation-promoting Factors; Ch 11: Lipids in Cold-adapted Microorganisms; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Earth is dominated by low-temperature environments including 90% of oceans and 26% of terrestrial soil ecosystems. Once thought too cold for life, these environments have been shown to support diverse microbial communities. Psychrophiles use a wide variety of metabolic pathways, including photosynthesis, chemoautotrophy, and heterotrophy and form robust diverse communities. Cold-adapted microorganisms play a major role in nutrient turnover and primary



biomass production in cold ecosystems and have important applications in biotechnology and in the study of food spoilage microorganisms. In this