Extremophiles: From Biology to Biotechnology

438 Pages·2017·58.24 MB·English

by  Durvasula

Extremophiles
From Biology to Biotechnology
LIST OF BOOKS EDITED BY THE AUTHORS
Ben-Amotz, A., J. E. W. Polle, and D. V. Subba Rao, eds. 2009. The Alga Dunaliella: Biodiversity,
Physiology, Genomics and Biotechnology. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers.
Satoskar, A., and R. Durvasula, eds. Pathogenesis of Leishmaniasis: New Developments in
Research. Berlin: Springer, 2014.
Sree Hari Rao, V., and R. Durvasula, eds. 2013. Dynamic Models of Infectious Diseases. Berlin:
Springer.
Subba Rao, D. V., ed. 1996. Present and Future of Oceanographic Programs in Developing
Countries, Vienna and Honolulu. IAPSO Publication Scientifique No. 36 and Andhra University
Memoirs No. 3. Visakhapatnam, India: Andhra University.
Subba Rao, D. V., ed. 2002. Pelagic Ecology Methodology. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Swets &
Zeitlinger and Balkema Publishers.
Subba Rao, D. V., ed. 2006. Algal Cultures, Analogues of Blooms and Applications. Vol. 1. Enfield,
NH: Science Publishers.
Subba Rao, D. V., ed. 2006. Algal Cultures, Analogues of Blooms and Applications. Vol. 2. Enfield,
NH: Science Publishers.
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(e) (f)
Sampling in the Antarctic for extremophiles; Dr. Amber G. Teufel and Dr. Rachael M. Morgan-Kiss.
1 µm
(b)
(a)
(c) (d)
5 µm 10 µm
(e) (f)
(a) Baslnearium and (b) Thermotomaculam—hydrothermal vents; Dr. Mino Sayaka and Dr. Satoshi
Nakagawa. (c) Haloferax mediterranei. Colonies of halophilic microorganisms isolated from salted
water (Santa Pola); Dr. Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa. (d) Haloferax mediterranei cells (PHA produc-
tion); Dr. Vanesa Bautista Saiz. SEM images: (e) Gymnodinium sp. and (f) Brachiomonas sp. isolated
from Lake Bonney within the McCurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica; Dr. Wei Li, Montana University, USA.
(a) (b)
(c)
(d)
(e) (f)
Location of the desert Sahara in the northern part of the African continent (a–e) and distribution of
Tunisian hypersaline systems and oases, where studies were conducted. Examples of (d) hypersaline
environments and (e) desert plants in southern Tunisia (details in their chapter; Dr. Ameur Cherif).
(f) Coastal saltern ponds, Spain; Dr. Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa.
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Extremophiles
From Biology to Biotechnology
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D. V. Subba Rao
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Names: Durvasula, Ravi, editor.
Title: Extremophiles : from biology to biotechnology / edited by Ravi Durvasula and
D.V. Subba Rao.
Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, a CRC title, part of the Taylor &
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T&F Informa plc, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017031972 | ISBN 9781498774925 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Extreme environments--Microbiology. | Extreme environments--Biotechnology.
Classification: LCC QR100.9 .E953 2018 | DDC 578.75/8--dc23
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