Polyextremophiles : life under multiple forms of stress /

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Imprint:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Cellular origin, life in extreme habitats and astrobiology, 1566-0400 ; v.27 Cellular origin and life in extreme habitats and astrobiology ; v.27.
Subject:	Exobiology. Stress, Physiological. Environmental Microbiology. Extreme environments -- Microbiology. Extreme environments -- Microbiology.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9851095

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Other authors / contributors:	Seckbach, J. (Joseph) Oren, Aharon, 1952- Stan-Lotter, Helga.
ISBN:	9789400764880 (electronic bk.) 940076488X (electronic bk.) 9789400764873
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	Many Microorganisms and some macro-organisms can live under extreme conditions. For example, high and low temperature, acidic and alkaline conditions, high salt areas, high pressure, toxic compounds, high level of ionizing radiation, anoxia and absence of light, etc. Many organisms inhabit environments characterized by more than one form of stress (Polyextremophiles). Among them are those who live in hypersaline and alkaline, hot and acidic, cold/hot and high hydrostatic pressure, etc. Polyextremophiles found in desert regions have to copy with intense UV irradiation and desiccation, high as w

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