Contributors | p. xi |
Extremophile Microorganisms and the Methods to Handle Them | p. 1 |
Thermophiles | |
In Situ Activity Studies in Thermal Environments | p. 29 |
The Isolation of Thermophiles from Deep-sea Hydrothermal Environments | p. 55 |
Growth of Hyperthermophilic Microorganisms for Physiological and Nutritional Studies | p. 93 |
Toward the Large Scale Cultivation of Hyperthermophiles at High-Temperature and High-Pressure | p. 109 |
Analysis of Lipids from Extremophilic Bacteria | p. 127 |
Membranes of Thermophiles and Other Extremophiles | p. 161 |
Characterization and Quantification of Compatible Solutes in (Hyper)thermophilic Microorganisms | p. 173 |
Functional Genomics of the Thermo-Acidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus | p. 201 |
Heat Shock Proteins in Hyperthermophiles | p. 233 |
Deep-sea Thermococcales and their Genetic Elements: Plasmids and Viruses | p. 253 |
Genetic Systems for Thermus | p. 279 |
Gene Transfer Systems for Obligately Anaerobic Thermophilic Bacteria | p. 309 |
Hyperthermophilic Virus-Host Systems: Detection and Isolation | p. 331 |
Preservation of Thermophilic Microorganisms | p. 349 |
Psychrophiles | |
Handling of Psychrophilic Microorganisms | p. 371 |
Proteins from Psychrophiles | p. 395 |
Alkaliphiles | |
Cultivation of Aerobic Alkaliphiles | p. 439 |
Isolation, Cultivation and Characterization of Alkalithermophiles | p. 451 |
Acidophiles | |
The Isolation and Study of Acidophilic Microorganisms | p. 471 |
Halophiles | |
Characterization of Natural Communities of Halophilic Microorganisms | p. 513 |
Cultivation of Haloarchaea | p. 535 |
Extraction of Halophiles from Ancient Crystals | p. 553 |
The Assessment of the Viability of Halophilic Microorganisms in Natural Communities | p. 569 |
Characterization of Lipids of Halophilic Archaea | p. 585 |
Characterization of Organic Compatible Solutes of Halotolerant and Halophilic Microorganisms | p. 615 |
Genetic Systems for Halophilic Archaea | p. 649 |
The Isolation and Study of Viruses of Halophilic Microorganisms | p. 681 |
Detection, Quantification and Purification of Halocins: Peptide Antibiotics from Haloarchaeal Extremophiles | p. 703 |
Storage of Halophilic Bacteria | p. 719 |
Barophiles | |
Handling of Piezophilic Microorganisms | p. 733 |
Radiation-Resistant Microorganisms | |
Measuring Survival in Microbial Populations Following Exposure to Ionizing Radiation | p. 745 |
Strict Anaerobes | |
The Study of Strictly Anaerobic Microorganisms | p. 757 |
Applications of Extremophiles | |
Applications of Extremophiles: The Industrial Screening of Extremophiles for Valuable Biomolecules | p. 785 |
Index | p. 815 |
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