Extremophiles : Diversity, Adaptation and Applications [E-Book]
Extremophiles: Diversity, Adaptation and Applications brings up-to-date knowledge about different types of extremophiles, the fascinating group of microorganisms that love to live in extreme environmental conditions. The book consists of fourteen chapters, of which, the first provides an overview of...
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Personal Name(s): | Alam, Masrure, author |
Tiwary, Bipransh Kumar. | |
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1st edition |
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Sharjah :
Bentham Science Publishers,
2023
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1 online resource (439 pages) |
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englisch |
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9789815080360 9789815080353 |
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- End User License Agreement
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- Extremophiles: An Overview
- Bipransh Kumar Tiwary1 and Masrure Alam2,*
- INTRODUCTION
- HYPERTHERMOPHILES
- Diversity
- Mechanisms of Adaptation
- PSYCHROPHILES
- Diversity
- Mechanisms of Adaptation
- ACIDOPHILES
- Diversity
- Mechanisms of Adaptation
- ALKALIPHILES
- Diversity
- Mechanisms of Adaptation
- HALOPHILES
- Diversity
- Mechanisms of Adaptation
- RADIATION RESISTANT MICROORGANISMS
- Diversity
- Mechanisms of Adaptation
- PIEZOPHILES
- Diversity
- Mechanisms of Adaptation
- ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS
- Diversity
- Mechanisms of Adaptation
- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- REFERENCES
- Hyperthermophiles: Diversity, Adaptation and Applications
- Masrure Alam1,* and Baishali Pandit1,2
- INTRODUCTION
- HYPERTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS
- Terrestrial Hot Springs
- Marine Hydrothermal Vents
- Other Hyperthermal Environments
- DIVERSITY OF HYPERTHERMOPHILES
- Diversity of Cultured Hyperthermophiles
- Diversity of Uncultivated Hyperthermophiles: Information Obtained From Metagenomic Analysis of High-Temperature Environments
- MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION OF HYPERTHERMOPHILES
- Adaptations of the Membrane Structures
- Maintenance of the Nucleic Acid Structures
- Maintenance of the Structure of Proteins
- APPLICATIONS OF HYPERTHERMOPHILES
- Thermophilic and Hyperthermophilic Enzymes with Industrial Applications
- Enzymes with Molecular Biological Applications
- Biofuel Production
- Reduction of Antibiotic Residues and Other Uses
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- REFERENCES
- Psychrophiles
- Mazharul Abbasi1,*
- INTRODUCTION.
- Bipransh Kumar Tiwary1,* and Nitya Rai1
- INTRODUCTION
- OLIGOTROPHS: DEFINITION AND CHARACTERISTICS
- CLASSIFICATION OF OLIGOTROPHS
- METHODS OF ISOLATION AND CULTIVATION OF OLIGOTROPHS
- Extinction Culturing Method
- High-Throughput Culturing (HTC) Method
- Filtration-Acclimatization Method (FAM)
- Diffusion Bioreactor Method
- Soil Substrate Membrane System (SSMS)
- Chemostat Selection Method
- DIVERSITY OF OLIGOTROPHS
- OLIGOTROPHS VS COPIOTROPHS
- SIGNIFICANCES AND APPLICATIONS OF OLIGOTROPHS
- Biological Monitoring of Heavy Metals
- Monitoring of Asepetic Pharmaceutical Production Units
- Biocontrol
- Production of Useful Microbial Metabolites
- Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)
- Insecticide Bioremediation
- Sand Fixing Agent
- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Diversity and Mechanisms of Adaptation of Predominant Bacterial Chemolithotrophs in Extreme Habitats
- Kunal Kumar Saha1, Subhrangshu Mandal2,* and Masrure Alam3
- INTRODUCTION
- DIVERSITY AND MECHANISMS OF EXTREMOPHILIC LITHOTROPHY
- Iron Lithotrophy
- Lithotrophic Attributes by Extremophilic Iron Oxidizing Bacteria (FeOB)
- Bacterial Diversity and Habitat Specialization Among Extremophilic, Lithotrophic FeOB
- Mechanisms of Fe (II) Oxidation by Extremophilic, Lithotrophic FeOB
- Sulfur Lithotrophy
- Sulfur Lithotrophy in Extremophilic Bacterial Candidates
- Bacterial Diversity and Habitat Specialization Among Extremophilic, Lithotrophic Sulphur-Oxidizing Bacteria (SOB)
- Mechanisms of Sulfur Oxidation by Extremophilic, Lithotrophic SOB
- Hydrogen Lithotrophy
- Lithotrophy By Extremophilic Hydrogen (H2) Oxidizing Bacteria (HOB)
- Bacterial Diversity and Habitat Specialization Among Extremophilic Lithotrophic HOB.
- Bomba Dam1,*, Srikanta Pal1, Abhijit Sar1 and Puja Mukherjee1
- INTRODUCTION
- SALINE ENVIRONMENTS
- TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY OF HALOPHILES
- Taxonomic Diversity of Halophiles in Sambhar Lake
- PHYSIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF HALOPHILES
- SALT ADAPTATION MECHANISMS IN HALOPHILES
- ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF GENERAL SALT TOLERANCE MACHINERIES
- Heavy Metal Tolerance
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Ionic Liquid Tolerance
- APPLICATION OF HALOPHILES IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS
- Plant Growth Promotion Under Salt Stress
- Halophiles and Fermented Foods
- Industrially Important Enzymes
- Bioremediation of Polluted Environments
- Biocontrol Activity
- Pigments
- Biopolymers
- Halocins
- Compatible Solutes
- Halophiles and Astrobiology Research
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Piezophiles: Quiddity of Extreme Pressure Devotees
- Janki Ruparelia1,2, Aniruddh Rabari1,2, Nishra Joshi1,2, Meenu Saraf2 and Chaitanya Kumar Jha1,*
- INTRODUCTION
- Origin and Distribution of Piezophiles in Piezosphere
- Cultivation Methods for Piezophiles
- DIVERSITY OF PIEZOPHILES
- MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION
- APPLICATIONS
- FUTURE PROSPECTS
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Xerophiles
- Aranya Mitra1 and Avishek Banik1,*
- INTRODUCTION
- DIVERSITY OF XEROPHILIES
- MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION
- Behavioral Adaptations
- Physiological Adaptations
- Metabolic Adaptations
- Molecular Adaptations
- ASTROBIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF XEROPHILES
- FUTURE PROSPECTS AND CONCLUSION
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Radiation Resistant Microorganisms
- Upal Das Ghosh1,*
- INTRODUCTION
- Types of Radiation
- Ionizing Radiation
- Non-Ionizing Radiation.
- DIVERSITY OF PSYCHROPHILES
- MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION
- Changes in the Cellular Envelopes
- Cryoprotection
- Enzymes
- Energy Conservation and Metabolic Pathways
- Cold Shock Proteins (CSPS)
- Chaperones
- Other Adaptations
- APPLICATIONS
- Enzymes
- Applications in Molecular Biology
- In Detergent Industry
- In Food and Beverage Industries
- In Bioremediation
- Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)
- Production of Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA)
- Production of Compatible Solutes
- FUTURE PROSPECTS
- CONCLUSION
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- REFERENCES
- Acidophilic Microbes: Diversity and Adaptation to Low pH
- Anirudra Gurung1,* and Cyaria Gurung2
- INTRODUCTION
- DIVERSITY OF ACIDOPHILES
- MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION TO LOW PH
- Impermeable Cell Membrane
- Decreased Pore Size of Transporters
- Reverse Membrane Potential
- Efflux Proton Transporter
- Cytoplasmic Buffering
- Proton Uncoupling
- Chaperone Proteins
- Quorum Sensing (QS) System
- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- REFERENCES
- Alkaliphiles: Diversity, Adaptation and Applications
- Supriya Mandal1 and Junaid Jibran Jawed1,*
- INTRODUCTION
- HABITATS AND ISOLATION OF ALKALIPHILES
- DIVERSITY OF ALKALIPHILES
- MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION
- Cell Membrane Modifications
- Modifications in the Cytoplasm
- Production of Extracellular Biomolecules
- Genomic Properties
- APPLICATIONS
- Biofuels
- Enzymes
- Bioplastics
- Paper Industry
- Pharmaceutical Products
- Bioremediation
- FUTURE PROSPECTS
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Halophilic Microorganisms: Diversity, Adaptation and Application.
- DIVERSITY OF RADIATION RESISTANT BACTERIA AND THEIR EVOLUTION
- MECHANISMS OF RADIATION RESISTANCE
- Radiation-Induced Damage
- Ionizing Radiation Induced Damage
- Non-Ionizing Radiation Induced Damage
- ADAPTATIONS AGAINST RADIATION
- Repair of DNA Damage
- Repair of Protein Damage
- Efficient Cellular Damage Control Mechanisms
- Role of Small Non-Coding RNAs
- APPLICATIONS OF RADIATION RESISTANCE
- Environmental and Waste Management
- Biotechnology and Therapeutics
- FUTURE PROSPECTS
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Metallophiles and Heavy Metal Bioremediation
- Upashna Chettri1 and Santa Ram Joshi1,*
- INTRODUCTION
- SOURCES OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION
- EFFECTS OF METAL ON DIVERSITY OF METALLOPHILIC BACTERIA
- MECHANISMS AND GENETIC BASIS OF HEAVY METAL RESISTANCE IN BACTERIA
- POTENTIAL ROLE OF BACTERIA IN BIOREMEDIATION
- PHYTOREMEDIATION AND MICROBIAL ASSOCIATIONS
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- FUTURE PROSPECTS
- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- REFERENCES
- Anaerobes
- Arijit Pal1 and Sekhar Pal2,*
- INTRODUCTION
- DIVERSITY OF ANAEROBES
- Archaea
- Bacteria
- MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION
- Archaeal Mechanisms of Anaerobicity
- Bacterial Mechanisms of Anaerobicity
- APPLICATIONS OF ANAEROBES
- Production of Biofuel Ethanol and Alcoholic Beverages
- Waste-Water Treatment
- Detoxification of Poisonous Gas and Halogenated Aromatic Compounds
- Improvement of Soil Fertility
- Production of High Value Organic Acids
- Various other Contributions: from Environment to Economy
- FUTURE PROSPECTS
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
- CONFLICT OF INTEREST
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- REFERENCES
- Oligotrophs: Microbes at Low Nutrient Levels.
- Mechanisms of H2 Oxidation by Extremophilic, Lithotrophic HOB.