Overview
- Editors:
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Tulasi Satyanarayana
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, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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Jennifer Littlechild
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, School of Chemistry and Biological Scien, Exeter University, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Yutaka Kawarabayasi
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, Functional Genomics of Extremophiles, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Covers broader aspects of the diversity and role of microbes in pollution control and bioremediation
- Assesses the role of thermophilic microbes in composting and biogeochemical cycles
- Covers the recent developments in the discovery of novel microbial metabolites by metagenomic approaches
- Includes aspects such as transformation of carbon monoxide, and desulphurisation of coal and crude oil
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Thermophiles in the Environment
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- Deepika Mehta, Tulasi Satyanarayana
Pages 3-60
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- Christopher D. Ogg, Mark D. Spanevello, Bharat K. C. Patel
Pages 61-97
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- Patricio A. Flores, Maximiliano J. Amenábar, Jenny M. Blamey
Pages 99-118
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- Takahiro Yoshii, Toshiyuki Moriya, Tairo Oshima
Pages 119-135
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- Seema Rawat, Bhavdish Narain Johri
Pages 137-169
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- Pinaki Sar, Sufia K. Kazy, Dhiraj Paul, Angana Sarkar
Pages 171-201
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- T. Sokolova, A. Lebedinsky
Pages 203-231
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- Katsumi Doi, Yasuhiro Fujino
Pages 233-247
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Genomics, Metagenomics and Biotechnology
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Front Matter
Pages 305-305
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- Takaaki Sato, Haruyuki Atomi
Pages 307-330
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- Satoshi Akanuma, Shin-ichi Yokobori, Akihiko Yamagishi
Pages 331-349
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- Takahiro Inoue, Yoshihiko Sako
Pages 351-373
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- Muhamad Sahlan, Masafumi Yohda
Pages 375-394
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- Haruhiko Sakuraba, Toshihisa Ohshima
Pages 395-412
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- Sonoko Ishino, Yoshizumi Ishino
Pages 429-457
About this book
The existence of life at high temperatures is quiet fascinating. At elevated temperatures, only microorganisms are capable of growth and survival. Many thermophilic microbial genera have been isolated from man-made (washing machines, factory effluents, waste streams and acid mine effluents) and natural (volcanic areas, geothermal areas, terrestrial hot springs, submarine hydrothermal vents, geothermally heated oil reserves and oil wells, sun-heated litter and soils/sediments) thermal habitats throughout the world. Both culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches have been employed for understanding the diversity of microbes in hot environments. Interest in their diversity, ecology, and physiology has increased enormously during the past few decades as indicated by the deliberations in international conferences on extremophiles and thermophiles held every alternate year and papers published in journals such as Extremophiles.
Thermophilic moulds and bacteria have been extensively studied in plant biomass bioconversion processes as sources of industrial enzymes and as gene donors. In the development of third generation biofuels such as bioethanol, thermophilic fungal and bacterial enzymes are of particular interest. The book is aimed at bringing together scattered up-to-date information on various aspects of thermophiles such as the diversity of thermophiles and viruses of thermophiles, their potential roles in pollution control and bioremediation, and composting.
Editors and Affiliations
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, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
Tulasi Satyanarayana
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, School of Chemistry and Biological Scien, Exeter University, Exeter, United Kingdom
Jennifer Littlechild
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, Functional Genomics of Extremophiles, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Yutaka Kawarabayasi
