Description
Extremophiles
From Biology to Biotechnology
Coordinators: Durvasula Ravi V., Subba Rao D. V.
Language: English
Subjects for Extremophiles:
Keywords
Produce Acetyl CoA; Thermostable DNA Polymerase; Phycology; Haloferax Volcanii; Extreme habitats; Haloferax Mediterranei; Bio-prospecting for human therapeutic applications; Halophilic Archaea; Algae as a renewable energy resource; Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent; Transgenics and Paratransgenics; Compatible Solutes; Biotechnological applications; Solar Salterns; Ravi Durvasula; Extremophilic Microorganisms; D; V; Subba Rao; Halophilic Enzyme; Alan Barozzi; Pg Cell; Francesca Mapelli; Psychrophilic Enzymes; Grégoire Michoud; Specific Growth Rate; Elena Crotti; Organic Compatible Solutes; Giuseppe Merlino; Sea Ice; Francesco Molinari; Hypersaline Environments; Sara Borin; Walne’s Medium; Daniele Daffonchio; Chott Djerid; Hanene Cherif; Tap Medium; Mohamed Neifar; Atlantis II; Habib Chouchane; Brine Pools; Asma Soussi; Halophilic Bacteria; Chadlia Hamdi; Extremophilic Microbes; Amel Guesmi; Deep Sea Vent; Imen Fhoula; Nitrate Reductase; Afef Najjari; Raoudha Ferjani; Mouna Mahjoubi; Darine El Hidri; Besma Ettoumi; Khaled Elmnasri; Amor Mosbah; Atef Jaouani; Ahmed Slaheddine Masmoudi; Hadda Imen Ouzari; Abdellatif Boudabous; Ameur Cherif; Suman Keerthi; Niels Thomas Eriksen; Sangeeta D; Gohel; Amit K; Sharma; Kruti G; Dangar; Foram J; Thakrar; Satya P; Singh; Vikram H; Raval; Hitarth B; Bhatt; Sayaka Mino; Satoshi Nakagawa; Amber Grace Teufel; Rachael Marie Morgan-Kiss; Javier Torregrosa-Crespo; Julia María Esclapez Espliego; Vanesa Bautista Saiz; Carmen Pire; Andrew J; Gates; David J; Richardson; Anna Vegara Luque; Mnica L; Camacho Carrasco; María José Bonete; Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa; Himadri Bose; Tulasi Satyanarayana; Sarada Ravi; Vidyashankar Srivatsan; Vikas Singh Chauhan; Sandeep Narayan Mudliar; Daris P; Simon; Anila Narayan; Antje Labes; Jane A; Irwin
Publication date: 06-2020
· 17.8x25.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 01-2018
· 17.8x25.4 cm · Hardback
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Highly recommended by CHOICE, Oct 2018
Extremophiles are nature?s ultimate survivors, thriving in environments ranging from the frozen Antarctic to abyssal hot hydrothermal vents. Their lifeforms span bacteria to fishes, and are categorized as halophiles from hypersaline environments, acidophiles from acidic waters, psychrophiles from cold habitats, and thermophiles from warm waters. Extremophiles: From Biology to Biotechnology comprehensively covers the basic biology, physiology, habitats, secondary metabolites for bioprospecting, and biotechnology of these extreme survivors. The chapters focus on the novel genetic and biochemical traits that lend these organisms to biotechnological applications.
Couples studies of marine extremophile biology/genomics and extremophile culture for biotechnological applications with the latest advances in bio-prospecting and bio-product development
Includes practical experiments that a laboratory can use to replicate extreme habitats for research purposes
Presents latest advances in extremophile genomics to give the reader a better understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of extremophiles
Offers insights into the production of commercially important extremozymes, carotenoids, bioactive compounds and secondary metabolites of medicinal value.
This unique guide serves as a resource for biotechnologists who wish to explore extremophiles for their commercial potential, as well as a valuable reference for teaching undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students.
Extremophiles: Introduction. Diversity and Taxa. Chlorophylls and Pigments. Culturing Autotrophic Extremophiles – Growth Rates. Culturing Heterotrophic Extremophiles- Growth Rates. Antarctic Extremophiles. Osmosis. Salinity Stress. Allelopathy. Temperature -Extreme Low Temp. Temp. Heat Resistant. Psychrophillic Photosyn. Photo Heterotrophy. UV Radiation Impacts. Biochem P:N:C. Marine Enzymes. Fatty Acids and Lipids. Biliproteins. Source of Proteins. Metabolites/Metabolomics. Extremolytes. Valuable Products. Natural Compounds. Wastewater Cultivation. Bioremediation. Transesterification. Paratransgenics. Transgenics. Genomics. Biotechnological Applications. Emerging Fields.
Subba Rao V. Durvasula was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Andhra University. His scientific career engaged him first as a UNESCO Fellow and subsequently as a scientist at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Australia, NRC Fellow (National Research Council of Canada, Bedford Inst. Oceanography, Canada), Faculty member of The John’s Hopkins University, U.S.A, as a Biological Oceanographer at the BIO and later as an Emeritus Scientist (Bedford Institute of Oceanography,Dartmouth, Canada), as an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico, and, at present, a Consultant scientist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait.
Dr. Ravi Durvasula is a Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he is also appointed as Chief of Medicine at the New Mexico VA Health Care System. Dr. Durvasula's laboratory focuses on transgenic and paratransgenic approaches to control of vector-borne diseases such as Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis. He currently has collaborative research programs in Brazil, Guatemala, Argentina and India. Dr. Durvasula's research also involves development of novel paratransgenic delivery systems for application at human mucosal surfaces.