Overview
- The development of halophilic geomicrobiology using underground halite
- How to identify the best, most pristine salt crystals
- How to conduct field research on hypersaline microbes and viruses
- The use of halophilic microbes in education
- The application of population genetics to understand hypersaline microbial communities
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is designed to be a long term career reference. The chapters present modern procedures. This is a how-to-book with a difference. These chapters:
- reveal the background information about working with salt loving organisms,
- are loaded with information about how experiments are conducted under high salt,
- provide information about analyses that work under these conditions and those that may not,
- present a wide range of details from laboratory designs to equipment used and even to simple anecdotal hints that can only come from experience.
Microbiological training focuses largely on the growth, the handling and the study of the microbes associated with humans and animals. Yet the largest proportion of the Earth’s microbiota lives in saline environments such as the Oceans, saline deserts and terminal hypersaline environments. This need for salt can be intimidating for those interested in entering the field or for those interested in understanding how such research is accomplished.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Understanding the Biology of Halophilic Microorganisms
Editors: Russell H. Vreeland
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5539-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5538-3Published: 14 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9883-0Published: 29 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5539-0Published: 14 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 241
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Biomedicine general, Life Sciences, general, Microbiology, Microbial Ecology