Advanced Techniques for Studying Microorganisms in Extreme Environments / / ed. by Étienne Yergeau.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Adriaenssens, Evelien,; Altshuler, Ianina,; Bell, Terrence H.,; Choe, Yong-Hoe,; Cowan, Don,; Howard, Mia M.,; Kaminsky, Laura M.,; Kessler, André,; Lebre, Pedro,; Lee, Yoo Kyung,; Maayer, Pieter De,; Makhalanyane, Thulani,; Marcolefas, Evangelos,; Moroenyane, Itumeleng,; Ramond, Jean-Baptiste,; Rosado, Alexandre Soares,; Schultz, Júnia,; Tremblay, Julien,; Trindade, Marla,; Valverde, Angel,; Vikram, Surendra,; Whyte, Lyle G.,; Yergeau, Étienne,
• HerausgeberIn: Yergeau, Étienne,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Life in Extreme Environments , 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 167 p.)

This book will highlight advanced techniques that were recently used for studying microorganisms in extreme environments. Recent technological leaps in the study of microorganisms in the environment now make it possible to comprehensively study microbes in the environment. Extreme environments could...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• Contributing authors
• 1. Advanced microbial cultivation methodologies and their applicability in cryoenvironments
• 2. Analysis of lithic microbial communities
• 3. Use of microbes from extreme environments for biotechnological applications
• 4. Merging microbial and plant profiling to understand the impact of human-generated extreme environments on natural and agricultural systems
• 5. Metagenomics of extreme environments: methods and applications
• 6. Practical overview of bioinformatics data mining in environmental genomics
• 7. Techniques and approaches to quantify microbial diversity in extreme environments
• Index