Microbial Evolution under Extreme Conditions /

Microbial Evolution under Extreme Conditions / / ed. by Corien Bakermans.

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Today's microorganisms represent the vast majority of biodiversity on Earth and have survived nearly 4 billion years of evolutionary change. However, we still know little about the processes of evolution as applied to microorganisms and microbial populations. Microbial evolution occurred and co...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2015 Part 1
MitwirkendeR:
Amenabar, Maximiliano J.,
Amils, Ricardo,
Bakermans, Corien,
Batmalle Kretz, Cecilia,
Battista, John R.,
Battistuzzi, Fabia U.,
Boyd, Eric S.,
Brown, Anais,
Collins, R. Eric,
Culley, Alexander I.,
Díaz-Maldonado, Héctor,
Glass, Jennifer B.,
Gostinčar, Cene,
Grossman, Arthur R.,
Grube, Martin,
Gunde-Cimerman, Nina,
Lang, Andrew S.,
López de Saro, Francisco J.,
Martin, William F.,
Neukirchen, Sinje,
Nowack, Eva C. M.,
Oren, Aharon,
Rampelotto, Pabulo Henrique,
Seckbach, Joseph,
Shakya, Migun,
Sousa, Filipa L.,
Ting, Claire S.,
Urschel, Matthew R.,
Warren, Melissa J.,
HerausgeberIn:
Bakermans, Corien,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Life in Extreme Environments , 2
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Physical Description:1 online resource (276 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Contributing authors
  • 1 Extreme environments as model systems for the study of microbial evolution
  • 2 Microbial evolution: the view from the acidophiles
  • 3 Microbial Evolution in the Cryosphere
  • 4 Metabolic and taxonomic diversification in continental magmatic hydrothermal systems
  • 5 Halophilic microorganisms and adaptation to life at high salt concentrations – evolutionary aspects
  • 6 The origin of extreme ionizing radiation resistance
  • 7 Current perspectives on microbial strategies for survival under extreme nutrient starvation: evolution and ecophysiology
  • 8 Polyextremophiles
  • 9 Early life
  • 10 Polyextremotolerance as the fungal answer to changing environments
  • 11 Viral evolution at the limits
  • 12 Evolutionary pressures and the establishment of endosymbiotic associations
  • 13 Rates of evolution under extreme and mesophilic conditions
  • Index

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