Extreme Environments: Unique Ecosystems – Amazing Microbes

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The book Extreme Environments: Unique Ecosystems – Amazing Microbes is an attempt to showcase the uniqueness of extremophiles, the largely unexplored group that has the abilities to function in hostile conditions and represent the very ancient life forms that thrived on earth billions of years ago. The book covers a wide range of research achievements in the field of microbiology of extreme environments right from the conventional approaches of cultivation to recently evolved high throughput sequencing technologies. The book provides a broad spectrum of information about the taxonomy, physiology, ecology and biotechnological applications of extremophiles from various extreme environments across the globe. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Page Preface Contents 1. Bioprospecting Extreme Ecosystems Before They Vanish: The (Poorly Studied) Microbiology of Tropical Glaciers 2. The Microbial Diversity of Hot Springs Located in Himalayan Geothermal Belts (HGB) 3. The Dead Sea: Lessons Learned From the Study of Microorganisms Isolated From a Dying Lake 4. The Wonderful Halophiles: Microorganisms Producing Useful Compounds 5. Exploring Microbial Diversity and Heavy Metals Resistance in an Active Volcanic Geothermal System 6. Metallophillic Bacteria and Bioremediation of Heavy Metals 7. New Trends in Antarctic Bioprospecting: The Case of Cold-Adapted Bacteria 8. Yeasts on King George Island (Maritime Antarctica): Biodiversity and Biotechnological Applications 9. Bacterial Communities Associated With Macroalgae In Antarctica 10. Antarctic Bacteria in Microbial Mats From King George Island, Maritime Antarctica 11. Physiological and Metabolic Basis of Microbial Adaptations Under Extreme Environments 12. Shaping Microbial Communities in Changing Environments: The Paradigm of Solar Salterns 13. Metabolic Pathways in Biodegrading Psychrotrophic Bacteria Under Cold Environments 14. Extremophiles Thriving in Extreme Ecosystems of Armenia 15. Extremophiles Inhabiting Unique Ecosystems in Egypt 16. Microbial Life in Deep Terrestrial Continental Crust 17. The Insight into Deep Subsurface Microbial Life in Therapeutic Waters of Poland 18. Multi-Omics Approaches for Extremophilic Microbial, Genetic, and Metabolic Diversity 19. Impact of Microbial Genome Sequencing Advancements in Understanding Extremophiles 20. Extremophilic Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as Biomarkers of Presence of Heavy Metals and Organic Pollution and Their Potential for Application in Contemporary Ecotoxicology 21. Moroccan New and Extremophilic Actinobacteria and Their Biotechnological Applications Index