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Anoxia - Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
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Anoxia - Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies (Paperback, 2012 ed.)
Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 21
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ANOXIA defines the lack of free molecular oxygen in an environment.
In the presence of organic matter, anaerobic prokaryotes produce
compounds such as free radicals, hydrogen sulfide, or methane that
are typically toxic to aerobes. The concomitance of suppressed
respiration and presence of toxic substances suggests these
habitats are inhospitable to Eukaryota. Ecologists sometimes term
such environments 'Death Zones'. This book presents, however, a
collection of remarkable adaptations to anoxia, observed in
Eukaryotes such as protists, animals, plants and fungi. Case
studies provide evidence for controlled beneficial use of anoxia
by, for example, modification of free radicals, use of alternative
electron donors for anaerobic metabolic pathways, and employment of
anaerobic symbionts. The complex, interwoven existence of oxic and
anoxic conditions in space and time is also highlighted as is the
idea that eukaryotic inhabitation of anoxic habitats was
established early in Earth history.
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