0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical)

Buy Now

Thermophiles: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution - Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution (Hardcover, 2001 ed.) Loot Price: R2,839
Discovery Miles 28 390
Thermophiles: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution - Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution (Hardcover, 2001 ed.): Anna-Louise...

Thermophiles: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution - Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)

Anna-Louise Reysenbach, Mary Voytek, Rocco Mancinelli

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,839 Discovery Miles 28 390 | Repayment Terms: R266 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

These are indeed exciting times to be a microbiologist. With one of the buzzwords of the past decade-"Biodiversity," and microbes are reveling in the attention as they represent by far most of the biodiversity on Earth. Microbes can thrive in almost any environment where there is an exploitable energy source, and, as a result, the possible existence of microbial life elsewhere in the solar system has stimulated the imaginations of many. Extremophiles have taken center stage in these investigations, and thermophiles have taken on the lead roles. Consequently, in the past decade there has been a surge of interest and research in the Ecology, Biology, and Biotechnology of microorganisms from thermal environments. Many of the foundations of thermophile research were laid in Yellowstone National Park, primarily by the research of Professor Thomas Brock's laboratory in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The upper temperature for life was debated, the first thermophilic archeum discovered (although it was only later shown to be an archeum by ribosomal cataloging), and the extremes of light, temperature, pH on the physiology of microorga nisms were explored. Interest in thermophiles increased steadily in the 1970s, and with the discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1977, thermophilic research began its expo nential explosion. The development of Taq polymerase in the polymerase chain reaction (peR) focused interest on the biotechnological potential of thermophilic microorganisms and on the thermal features in Yellowstone National Park."

General

Imprint: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2001
First published: 2001
Editors: Anna-Louise Reysenbach • Mary Voytek • Rocco Mancinelli
Dimensions: 254 x 178 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 205
Edition: 2001 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-0-306-46165-1
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research
Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical) > General
Promotions
LSN: 0-306-46165-X
Barcode: 9780306461651

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Twin Research for Everyone - From…
Adam D. Tarnoki, David L. Tarnoki, … Paperback R3,606 Discovery Miles 36 060
RNA Methodologies - A Laboratory Guide…
Robert E. Farrell Jr Paperback R3,455 Discovery Miles 34 550
Cytogenomics
Thomas Liehr Paperback R3,508 Discovery Miles 35 080
Long Noncoding RNAs in Plants - Roles in…
Santosh Kumar Upadhyay Paperback R3,986 Discovery Miles 39 860
Epigenetics and Reproductive Health…
Trygve Tollefsbol Paperback R3,513 Discovery Miles 35 130
Emery and Rimoin's Principles and…
Reed E. Pyeritz, Bruce R. Korf, … Hardcover R3,112 Discovery Miles 31 120
Genetically Modified Plants - Assessing…
Roger Hull, Graham Head, … Hardcover R3,045 Discovery Miles 30 450
Epigenetic Principles of Evolution
Nelson R Cabej Paperback R4,255 R3,549 Discovery Miles 35 490
Darwin's Pangenesis and Its Rediscovery…
Dhavendra Kumar Hardcover R3,710 Discovery Miles 37 100
Darwin's Pangenesis and Its Rediscovery…
Dhavendra Kumar Hardcover R3,710 Discovery Miles 37 100
Advances in Agronomy, Volume 143
Donald L. Sparks Hardcover R4,203 Discovery Miles 42 030
Popularizing Science - The Life and Work…
Krishna Dronamraju Hardcover R1,131 Discovery Miles 11 310

See more

Partners