Microbial ecology of extreme environments /
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Imprint: | Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 245 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11272492 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Microbial Ecology; 1.2 Extreme Environments Are "The Norm"; 1.3 "Extremozymes" and Their Biotechnological Interests; 1.4 Conclusions; References; 2 Ecogenomics of Deep-Ocean Microbial Bathytypes; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Culturable Community; 2.3 Insights from Deep Ecotypes; 2.3.1 Bacteria: Alphaproteobacteria: SAR11; 2.3.2 Gammaproteobacteria: Alteromonadales: Alteromonas; 2.3.3 Gammaproteobacteria: Alteromonadales: Pseudoalteromonas; 2.3.4 Gammaproteobacteria: Alteromonadales: Shewanella.
- 2.3.5 Gammaproteobacteria: Mixed Orders (Oceanospirillales and Alteromonadales): Oceanospirillales and Colwellia2.3.6 Gammaproteobacteria: Vibrionales: Photobacterium; 2.3.7 Gammaproteobacteria: Vibrionales: Vibrio; 2.3.8 Deltaproteobacteria: Desulfovibrio; 2.3.9 Firmicutes: Carnobacterium; 2.3.10 Archaea: Marine Group I Thaumarchaea; 2.4 What Do These Deep-Sea Microbial Communities Actually Look like?; 2.5 What Is the Effect of Decompression?; 2.6 How Do Bathytype Features Compare with Results from Culture-Independent Metagenome Analyses?; 2.7 Conclusions and Future Directions.
- AcknowledgementsReferences; 3 Adaptations of Cold- and Pressure-Loving Bacteria to the Deep-Sea Environment: Cell Envelope and Flagella; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Effect of High Pressure and Low Temperature on the Membranes of Psychropiezophiles; 3.2.1 Phospholipids; 3.2.2 Lipopolysaccharide; 3.2.3 Membrane Proteins; 3.2.3.1 Outer Membrane Porins; 3.2.3.2 Regulation by ToxR; 3.2.3.3 Membrane Transport; 3.2.3.4 Other Membrane Proteins; 3.2.3.5 Respiratory Chain; 3.3 The Role of Flagella in High Pressure- and Low Temperature-Adapted Growth of Deep-Sea Bacteria; 3.4 Conclusions.
- Abstract5.1 Yellowstone National Park; 5.1.1 Iceland; 5.1.2 Kamchatka Peninsula; 5.1.3 Furnas Valley, Azores; 5.1.4 Malaysian Sungai Klah; 5.1.5 Tengchong, China; 5.1.6 Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand; 5.1.7 Phlegraean Fields, Italy; 5.1.8 Metagenomics of Hydrothermal Sites to Access to Novel Enzymes for Biotechnology; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Crenarchaeal Viruses of Hot Springs: Diversity, Ecology and Co-evolution; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction to Hot Spring Environments; 6.2 Crenarchaeal Virus Isolates; 6.2.1 Ampullaviridae; 6.2.2 Spindle-Shaped Viruses; 6.2.2.1 Bicaudaviridae.