Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes

1. Physicochemical Boundaries of Life
Helga Stan-Lotter

2. An Updated View of the Microbial Diversity in Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins
Francesca Mapelli, Alan Barozzi, Grégoire Michoud, Giuseppe Merlino, Elena Crotti, Sara Borin, Daniele Daffonchio

3. Divergence of Species in the Geothermal Environment
Gudmundur Oli Hreggvidsson, Solveig K. Petursdottir, Sigmar K. Stefansson, Snaedis H. Björnsdottir, Olafur H. Fridjonsson

4. Bacterial Adaptation to Hot and Dry Deserts
Thierry Heulin, Gilles Luca, Mohamed Barakat, Maxime Gommeaux, Arjan Groot, Laurence Blanchard, Philippe Ortet, Wafa Achouak

5. Extremophiles in Antarctica: Life at Low Temperatures
David A. Pearce

6. Desert Cyanobacteria: Potential for Space and Earth Applications
Daniela Billi, Mickael Baqué, Cyprien Verseux, Lynn Rothschild, Jean-Pierre Vera

7. Psychrophilic Microorganisms as Important Source for Biotechnological Processes
Sergiu Fendrihan, Teodor Gh Negoiţă

8. Halophilic Microorganisms from Man-Made and Natural Hypersaline Environments: Physiology, Ecology, and Biotechnological Potential
Madalin Enache, Gabriela Teodosiu, Takashi Itoh, Masahiro Kamekura, Helga Stan-Lotter

9. Acidophiles: Diversity and Mechanisms of Adaptation to Acidic Environments
Salvador Mirete, Verónica Morgante, José Eduardo González-Pastor

10. Extremophiles in Spacecraft Assembly Cleanrooms
Christine Moissl-Eichinger

11. The Extreme Biology of Meteorites: Their Role in Understanding the Origin and Distribution of Life on Earth and in the Universe
Natuschka N. Lee, Jörg Fritz, Marc D. Fries, Jose F. Gil, Andreas Beck, Asta Pellinen-Wannberg, Birger Schmitz, Andrew Steele, Beda A. Hofmann

Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Biodiversity