Polyextremophiles

PART 1: OPENING CHAPTERS Introduction; J. Seckbach et al. Foreword; R.W. Castenholz Preface; K. Horikoshi List of Authors and Their Addresses PART 2: GENERAL ASPECTS Polyextremophiles and the Constraints for Terrestrial Habitability; M.C. Capece et al. Life on the Edge and Astrobiology: Who Is Who in the Polyextremophiles World; J. Seckbach The Dynamic Genomes of Acidophiles; F. J. Lopez de Saro et al. PART 3: HALOPHILES Two Centuries of Microbiological Research in the Wadi Natrun, Egypt: A Model System for the Study of the Ecology, Physiology, and Taxonomy of Haloalkaliphilic Microorganisms; A. Oren Adaptation in Haloalkaliphiles and Natronophilic Bacteria; H.L. Banciu and D.Y. Sorokin A Random Biogeochemical Walk into Three Soda Lakes of the Western USA: With an Introduction to a Few of their Microbial Denizens; R.S. Oremland Halophilic, Acidophilic, and Haloacidophilic Prokaryotes; H. Minegishi Life in Magnesium- and Calcium-Rich Hypersaline Environments: Salt Stress by Chaotropic Ions; A. Oren Survival Strategies of Halophilic Oligotrophic and Desiccation Resistant Prokaryotes; H. Stan-Lotter and S. Fendrihan Radiation Resistance in Extremophiles: Fending Off Multiple Attacks; K.M. Webb and J. DiRuggiero PART 4: THERMOPHILES Thermoalkaliphilic Microbes; V. Kumar and T. Satyanarayana Acido- and Thermophilic Microorganisms, Their Features and Identification of Novel Enzymes or Pathways; Y. Kawarabayasi Microbial Diversity in Acidic High Temperature Steam Vents; R.L. Weiss Bizzoco and S.T. Kelley PART 5: PSYCHROPHILES Left Out in the Cold: Life in Cryoenvironments; J. Goordial et al. Microbial Diversity and Enzymes in Ikaite Columns; A Cold and Alkaline Environment in Greenland; J.K. Vester et al. Microbial Communities Thriving in Various Ice Ecosystems; B. Sattler and B. Post Snow Algae. Adaptation Strategies to Survive on Snow and Ice; T. Leya Adaptation of Antarctic Freshwater Green Algae to the Extreme Environments; H. Hu PART 6: PRESSURE Deep Sub-Surface Oil Reservoirs as Poly-Extreme Habitats for Microbial Life. A Current Review; A. Wentzel et al. Expanding Limits for Life to a New Dimension: Microbial Growth at Hypergravity; S. Deguchi and K. Horikoshi PART 7: OXYGEN RELATIONSHIPS Microbial Eukaryotes in Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones; W.D. Orsi and V.P. Edgcomb Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins as Model Systems for Environmental Selection of Microbial Plankton; A. Stock et al. Microbial Eukaryotes in Hypersaline Anoxic Deep Sea Basins; V.P. Edgcomb and W.D. Orsi Life at High Salt and Low Oxygen: How Do the Halobacteriaceae Cope with Low Oxygen Concentrations in their Environment?; A. Oren PART 8: SELECTED ORGANISMS Niches and Adaptations of Polyextremotolerant Black Fungi; M. Grube et al. Polyextremophilic Photoautotrophic Eukaryotic Algae; W. Reisser Extremophilic Magnetotactic Bacteria; C.T. Lefevre and D. A. Bazylinski Multicellular Extremophiles - The Case of the Tardigrades; D. Schulze-Makuch and J. Seckbach PART 9: FINAL COMMENTS Polyextremophiles - Summary and Conclusions; J. Chela Flores Erratum Organism Index Subject Index Author Index