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From the reviews:
“This book is a high-quality series of edited papers covering a diversity of topics in this area. It begins with a concise introduction to the physicochemical limits to life. … The book includes color illustrations on good paper. Overall, this volume does its job: the reader will receive an up-to-date entrée into the diverse literature on the study of extremophiles and their relation to astrobiology. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; general readers.” (P. K. Strother, Choice, Vol. 50 (1), September, 2012)Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes
Novel Research Results and Application
herausgegeben von Helga Stan-Lotter und Sergiu FendrihanOnce considered exceptional rarities, extremophiles have become attractive objects for basic and applied research ranging from nanotechnology to biodiversity to the origins of life and even to the search for extraterrestrial life. Several novel aspects of extremophiles are covered in this book; the focus is firstly on unusual and less explored ecosystems such as marine hypersaline deeps, extreme cold, desert sands, and man-made clean rooms for spacecraft assembly. Secondly, the increasingly complex field of applications from extremophile research is treated and examples such as novel psychrophilic enzymes, compounds from halophiles, and detection strategies for potential extraterrestrial life forms are presented.