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Extremophiles Sustainable Resources and Biotechnological Implications

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

19.11.2012

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

456

Maße (L/B/H)

25,4/18/2,5 cm

Gewicht

953 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-10300-5

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

19.11.2012

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

456

Maße (L/B/H)

25,4/18/2,5 cm

Gewicht

953 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-10300-5

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

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  • Produktbild: Extremophiles
  • Contributors xv
     
    Introduction xix
     
    1 MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF EXTREMOPHILES 1
    Debamitra Chakravorty, Ashwinee Kumar Shreshtha, V. R. Sarath Babu, and Sanjukta Patra
     
    1.1 Introduction 1
     
    1.2 Molecular Evolution of Thermophiles 2
     
    1.3 Molecular Evolution of Psychrophiles 4
     
    1.4 Molecular Evolution of Halophiles 6
     
    1.5 Molecular Evolution of Alkaliphiles 7
     
    1.6 Molecular Evolution of Acidophiles 8
     
    1.7 Molecular Evolution of Barophiles 10
     
    1.8 Engineering Extremophiles 12
     
    1.9 Case Studies 17
     
    1.10 Implications of Engineered Extremophiles on Ecology, Environment, and Health 20
     
    1.11 Conclusions and Recommendations 20
     
    2 ATTAINING EXTREMOPHILES AND EXTREMOLYTES: METHODOLOGIES AND LIMITATIONS 29
    Debamitra Chakravorty and Sanjukta Patra
     
    2.1 Introduction 29
     
    2.2 Extremophiles: Types and Diversity 30
     
    2.3 Extremolytes 54
     
    2.4 Conclusions 64
     
    3 STRATEGIES FOR THE ISOLATION AND CULTIVATION OF HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS 75
    Aharon Oren
     
    3.1 Introduction 75
     
    3.2 Thalassohaline and Athalassohaline Hypersaline Environments 76
     
    3.3 Case Studies 79
     
    3.4 The Upper Salinity Limits of Different Types of Energy Generation 85
     
    3.5 Final Comments 88
     
    4 HALOPHILIC PROPERTIES AND THEIR MANIPULATION AND APPLICATION 95
    Tsutomu Arakawa, Hiroko Tokunaga, Matsujiro Ishibashi, and Masao Tokunaga
     
    4.1 Introduction 95
     
    4.2 Industrial Applications of Halophilic Organisms and Their Proteins 96
     
    4.3 Extreme and Moderate Halophiles and Their Proteins 98
     
    4.4 Generation of Low-Salt Stable Extreme-Halophilic Proteins 99
     
    4.5 Interconversion of Halophilic and Nonhalophilic Proteins 105
     
    4.6 Soluble Expression of Recombinant Proteins 110
     
    4.7 Natively Unfolded Proteins 113
     
    4.8 Organic Solvent Tolerance 113
     
    5 FEATURES AND APPLICATIONS OF HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA 123
    Ximena C. Abrevaya
     
    5.1 Introduction 123
     
    5.2 General Features 124
     
    5.3 Applications of Halophilic Archaea 130
     
    5.4 Concluding Remarks 143
     
    6 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF COLD-ADAPTED BACTERIA 159
    Laura Garcia-Descalzo, Alberto Alcazar, Fernando Baquero, and Cristina Cid
     
    6.1 Introduction 159
     
    6.2 Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation to Cold Environments 162
     
    6.3 Exopolysaccharides 163
     
    6.4 Lipids 164
     
    6.5 Proteins 164
     
    6.6 Biotechnological Applications of Cold-Adapted Enzymes 168
     
    6.7 Biodegradation and Bioremediation in Cold Environments 169
     
    6.8 Conclusions 172
     
    7 ECOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY OF EXTREMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS, PARTICULARLY ANAEROBIC HERMOPHILES 175
    Francesco Canganella
     
    7.1 Introduction 175
     
    7.2 Thermophiles 176
     
    7.3 Acidophiles 187
     
    7.4 Alkaliphiles 191

    7.5 Halophiles 193
     
    7.6 Piezophiles 194
     
    8 THE ROLE OF EXTREMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS AND THEIR BIOPRODUCTS IN FOOD PROCESSING AND PRODUCTION 205
    Jane A. Irwin
     
    8.1 Introduction 205
     
    8.2 Enzymes from Extremophiles in Food Processing 206
     
    8.3 Alkaliphiles, Acidophiles, and Piezophiles 217
     
    8.4 Extremophiles in Food Spoilage and Contamination 218
     
    8.5 Extremophiles as Pathogens of Food Species 221
     
    8.6 Conclusions 222
     
    9 EXTREMOPHILES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO BIOFUEL RESEARCH 233
    M.P. Taylor, R. Bauer, S. Mackay, M. Tuffin, and D.A. Cowan
     
    9.1 Introduction 233
     
    9.2 Extremophiles and Fuels 235
     
    9.3 Exploiting Extremophilic Enzymes in Biomass Conversion t