| |
| |
| Contributors | |
| |
| |
| |
| Extremophile Microorganisms and the Methods to Handle Them | |
| |
| |
| |
| Thermophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| In Situ Activity Studies in Thermal Environments | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| The Isolation of Thermophiles from Deep-sea Hydrothermal Environments | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Growth of Hyperthermophilic Microorganisms for Physiological and Nutritional Studies | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Toward the Large Scale Cultivation of Hyperthermophiles at High-Temperature and High-Pressure | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Analysis of Lipids from Extremophilic Bacteria | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Membranes of Thermophiles and Other Extremophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Characterization and Quantification of Compatible Solutes in (Hyper)thermophilic Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Functional Genomics of the Thermo-Acidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Heat Shock Proteins in Hyperthermophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Deep-sea Thermococcales and their Genetic Elements: Plasmids and Viruses | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Genetic Systems for Thermus | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Gene Transfer Systems for Obligately Anaerobic Thermophilic Bacteria | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Hyperthermophilic Virus-Host Systems: Detection and Isolation | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Preservation of Thermophilic Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| Psychrophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Handling of Psychrophilic Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Proteins from Psychrophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Alkaliphiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Cultivation of Aerobic Alkaliphiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Isolation, Cultivation and Characterization of Alkalithermophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Acidophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Isolation and Study of Acidophilic Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| Halophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Characterization of Natural Communities of Halophilic Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Cultivation of Haloarchaea | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Extraction of Halophiles from Ancient Crystals | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| The Assessment of the Viability of Halophilic Microorganisms in Natural Communities | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Characterization of Lipids of Halophilic Archaea | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Characterization of Organic Compatible Solutes of Halotolerant and Halophilic Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Genetic Systems for Halophilic Archaea | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| The Isolation and Study of Viruses of Halophilic Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Detection, Quantification and Purification of Halocins: Peptide Antibiotics from Haloarchaeal Extremophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Storage of Halophilic Bacteria | |
| |
| |
| |
| Barophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Handling of Piezophilic Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| Radiation-Resistant Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| Measuring Survival in Microbial Populations Following Exposure to Ionizing Radiation | |
| |
| |
| |
| Strict Anaerobes | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Study of Strictly Anaerobic Microorganisms | |
| |
| |
| |
| Applications of Extremophiles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Applications of Extremophiles: The Industrial Screening of Extremophiles for Valuable Biomolecules | |
| |
| |
| |
| Index | |