Biotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms / / ed. by Natuschka M. Lee.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Abouhmad, Adel,; Adalsteinsson, Bjorn T.,; Adeleke, Rasheed,; Bello-Akinosho, Maryam,; Bjornsdottir, Snaedis H.,; Blamey, Jenny M.,; Braissant, Olivier,; Capo, Eric,; Cherisey, Renaud de,; Correa-Llantén, Daniela,; Coto, Orquidea,; Curnow, Paul,; Cáceres-Moreno, Paulina,; De Miranda Vasconcelos, Fernanda H. B.,; Espina, Giannina,; Ferro, Lorenza,; Fridjonsson, Olafur H.,; Funk, Christiane,; Galinski, Erwin A.,; Gentili, Francesco G.,; Haruta, Shin,; Hatti-Kaul, Rajni,; Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O.,; Jörg Kunte, Hans,; Lee, Natuschka M.,; Lee, Natuschka,; Maila, Mphekgo,; Marrero, Jeannette,; Nordberg Karlsson, Eva,; Race, Paul R.,; Rehamnia, Baraa,; Ron, Emanuel Y.C.,; Sardari, Roya R.R.,; Sarmiento, Felipe,; Schippers, Axel,; Schwarz, Thomas,; Sheldrake, Merlin,; Stan-Lotter, Helga,; Stennett, Henry L.,; Tiwari, Kavita,; Vala Þorsteinsdóttir, Guðný,; Vandewalle-Capo, Marine,; Verseux, Cyprien,; Vilhelmsson, Oddur,; Williams, Sam E.,
• HerausgeberIn: Lee, Natuschka M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Life in Extreme Environments , 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXI, 403 p.)

This book provides a broad overview how extremophiles can be used in biotechnology, including for the production and degradation of compounds. It reviews various recent discoveries and applications related to a large variety of extremophiles, considering both prokaryotes as well as eukaryotes.

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• Contributing authors
• 1 Extremophiles: a promising source of novel natural products
• 2 The extremophilic pharmacy: drug discovery at the limits of life
• 3 Metabolic engineering of thermophilic bacteria for production of biotechnologically interesting compounds
• 4 Extremozymes: from discovery to novel bio-products
• 5 The compatible solute ectoine: protection mechanisms, strain development, and industrial production
• 6 Thermophilic photosynthesis-based microbial communities – energy production and conversion
• 7 Photosynthesis at high latitudes – adaptation of photosynthetic microorganisms to Nordic climates
• 8 Roles of extremophiles in the bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contaminated soil environment
• 9 Bioremediative potential of bacteria in cold desert environments
• 10 Subsurface extremophiles and nuclear waste storage
• 11 Metal bioleaching: fundamentals and geobiotechnical application of aerobic and anaerobic acidophiles
• 12 Cyanobacterium-based technologies in space and on Earth
• 13 The biotechnological potential of yeast under extreme conditions
• 14 Biotechnological potential of tardigrades
• Index