Enigmatic Microorganisms and Life in Extreme Environments

By: Joseph Seckbach (Editor)

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Hardcover | 28 February 1999

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Modern methods and approaches, such as the analysis of molecular sequences to infer evolutionary relationships among organisms, have provided vast new sets of data to further our understanding ofliving organisms, but there remain enigmas in the biological world that will keep scientists working and thinking for decades. Microorganisms by virtue of their small size and almost unbounded diversity provide ample examples of intriguing mysteries that are being challenged with all of the techniques the modern scientific arsenal can provide. One whole arena of this battle to resolve puzzling mysteries about various microorganisms is the almost unbelievable ability of many micro-organisms to live in extreme environments. Whether the challenge is extreme heat, cold, pressure, hyper salinity, alkalinity or acidity, some micro-organisms live now where no life might seem possible. This fascinating state of affairs is the context for this present volume edited by Joseph Seckbach. This Volume is a compilation of many of the especially interesting questions and biological challenges that arise in the consideration of microorganisms in general and the extremophiles in particular.

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"It is a good reference source for traditional extreme habitats and also provides many novel topics, such as lab-induced endosymbiosis, and good review chapters on basic physiology and metabolism."
(European Journal of Phycology, 36 (2001)

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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
In the Beginning: Origin and Evolution of the First Cells	p. 1
Tracing the Relationships among the Eubacteria using [sigma][superscript 70]-Type Sigma Factors	p. 3
Gene Transfer in Early Evolution	p. 15
The Evolution of Algae	p. 29
From Bacteria to Protista	p. 49
Eukaryogenesis: The Search for an Evolutionary Transition towards Intelligence in an Extreme Environmental Habitat of the Outer Solar System	p. 63
Fossil Bacteria	p. 73
Growth and Organisms in Ammonia: Kakabekia, a Microbial Enigma	p. 89
Enigmatic Microorganisms	p. 97
Enigmatic Unicellular Protista. Are They Really Enigmatic? The Algae Case	p. 99
The Prochlorophytes - An Algal Enigma. Biology of Chlorophyll a/b Containing Photosynthetic Prokaryotes	p. 113
Cryptomonad Systemastics - An Algal Enigma?	p. 127
The Organellar Genomes of Cyanidioschyzon merolae	p. 139
The Versatile Extension of Life	p. 151
The Versatility of Microorganisms	p. 153
Eukaryotic Cells under Extreme Conditions	p. 163
The Poikilotrophic Micro-Organism and its Environment. Microbial Strategies of Establishment, Growth and Survival	p. 175
The Study of Enigmatic Microbial Communities	p. 187
Nanobacteria and Man	p. 195
An Enigma in Marine Nanoplankton. The Role of Star-Like Structures Produced by Phaeocystis	p. 205
Algal Versatility in Various Extreme Environments	p. 215
Microorganisms in Extreme Environments	p. 229
Enigmatic Desert Soil Algae. Soil Algal Flora of the Western U.S.A and Baja California, Mexico	p. 231
Life in the Rocks - Endolithic Algae	p. 243
Lithobionts in the Eastern Mediterranean	p. 255
Fine Structure of Hyperthermophilic Prokaryotes	p. 277
The Phylogeny of Thermophiles and Hyperthermophiles and the Three Domains of Life. The Phylogeny of Thermophiles	p. 291
Life in the Extreme: New Prokaryotes Living in High Temperature Low pH Environments	p. 305
Psychrophilic Yeasts	p. 315
Antarctic Microfungi	p. 323
The Enigma of Square and Triangular Halophilic Archaea	p. 337
Microbial Life in the Dead Sea	p. 357
Salt Sensitivity of Cells	p. 369
Survival of Halophilic Bacteria in Ancient Salts: Possibilities and Potentials	p. 387
Dunaliella [beta]-Carotene. From Science to Commerce	p. 399
Haloarchaeal Growth Physiology	p. 411
The Cyanidiophyceae: Hot Spring Acidophilic Algae	p. 425
Revision of Comparative Traits for the Acido- and Thermophilic Red Algae Cyanidium and Galdieria	p. 437
Mechanism and Evolution of Organelle Division	p. 447
Dunaliella Acidophila - A Most Extreme Acidophilic Alga	p. 465
Alkaliphilic Microorganisms	p. 479
A Global Perspective on the Microbial Abundance and Activity in the Deep Subsurface	p. 487
Membrane-Based Adaptions of Deep-Sea Piezophiles	p. 501
Chemoautotrophic Bacteria - Marine Invertebrate Symbioses. Adaptions for Autotrophic Carbon and Nitrogen Assimilation	p. 513
Effect of Substances, Gases and Irradiations	p. 525
Growth of Extremophiles on Petroleum	p. 527
Metallogenium - A Microbial Enigma	p. 539
Microbes and Radiation	p. 549
The Unknown Life of Airborne Algae	p. 563
Living Together: Symbiosis	p. 573
Organisms Living inside Others. The Symbiotic Wonders	p. 575
Symbiogenesis of Bacteria within Amoebae. Symbiogenesis in Amoebae	p. 585
Symbiotic Associations between Metanogenic Archaea, Protists and Metazoa: Evolutionary Implications	p. 599
Cyanobacteria in Symbioses with Plants and Fungi	p. 613
The Hard Life of Prokaryotes in the Leaf Cavities of Azolla	p. 629
Freshwater Algal Symbioses in Protoza and Invertebrates	p. 641
Intracellular Symbiotic Bacteria within Insects	p. 651
The Mysterious Interrelationships between Fungi and Plants: The Case of Endosymbionts	p. 661
Index	p. 671
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