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Microbial evolution under extreme conditions / edited by Corien Bakermans

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Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., KG, [2014]
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1 online resource
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Bakermans, Corien, 1971-
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In English.
Contents
Preface; Contents; Contributing authors; 1 Extreme environments as model systems for the study of microbial evolution; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Extreme environments as model systems; 1.3 What is known about microbial evolution?; 1.3.1 Community diversity as a measure of evolution; 1.3.2 Adaptive traits as a measure of evolution; 1.4 Themes from extreme environments; 1.5 Conclusions and open questions; 2 Microbial evolution: the view from the acidophiles; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Horizontal gene transfer; 2.3 The mobilome; 2.4 Phages; 2.5 Plasmids; 2.6 Transposons., 2.7 Evolution and ecology: long term studies of genetic variation2.8 Future directions; 3 Microbial Evolution in the Cryosphere; 3.1 Overview; 3.1.1 Cryospheric evironments; 3.1.2 Modes of evolution; 3.1.3 Adaptations to living with ice; 3.2 Focus on sea ice; 3.2.1 Sea ice characteristics; 3.2.2 Evolutionary modes in sea ice; 3.3 Ongoing work and future directions; 3.3.1 Field work and experimentation; 3.3.2 '-omics' in the cryosphere; 3.3.3 Linking phenotype and genotype; 4 Metabolic and taxonomic diversification in continental magmatic hydrothermal systems; 4.1 Introduction., 4.2 Geological drivers of geochemical variation in continental hydrothermal systems4.3 Taxonomic and functional diversity in continental hydrothermal ecosystems; 4.4 Application of phylogenetic approaches to map taxonomic and functional diversity on spatial geochemical landscapes; 4.5 Molecular adaptation to high temperature; 4.5.1 Lipids; 4.5.2 Protein stability; 4.5.3 Cytoplasmic osmolytes; 4.5.4 Motility; 4.6 Mechanisms of evolution in high temperature environments; 4.7 Concluding remarks; 5 Halophilic microorganisms and adaptation to life at high salt concentrations -- evolutionary aspects., 5.1 Phylogenetic and physiological diversity of halophilic microorganisms5.2 What adaptations are necessary to become a halophile?; 5.3 Is an acidic (meta)proteome indeed indicative for halophily and high intracellular ionic concentrations?; 5.4 Genetic variation and horizontal gene transfer in communities of halophilic Archaea; 5.5 Salinibacter: convergent evolution and the 'salt-in' strategy of haloadaptation; 5.6 High intracellular K+ concentrations but no acidic proteome? The case of the Halanaerobiales; 5.7 Different modes of haloadaptation in closely related Halorhodospira species., and 5.8 Final comments6 The origin of extreme ionizing radiation resistance; 6.1 Introduction and background; 6.1.1 Ionizing radiation; 6.1.2 Biological damage caused by electromagnetic radiations; 6.1.3 Exposure to ionizing radiation selects for ionizing radiation resistant bacteria; 6.1.4 The occurrence of extreme ionizing radiation resistance within the Bacteria and Archaea; 6.1.5 Natural sources of ionizing radiation; 6.2 The existence of extreme ionizing radiation resistance is difficult to reconcile with the natural history of the Earth.
Summary
This book explores the current state of knowledge about microbial evolution under extreme conditions addressing questions from the perspectives of different extreme environments, organisms, and evolutionary processes: What is known about the processes of evolution that produce adaptations to extreme conditions? Can this knowledge be applied to other systems? What requires future research?
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ISBN
9783110389647 (electronic bk.)
3110389649 (electronic bk.)
9783110340723
3110340720
9783110340716
3110340712
9783110335064
3110335069
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52 farb. Abb., 5 schw.-w. Tab.
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