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Thermophiles: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution - Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001)
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Thermophiles: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution - Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001)
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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.
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