Anoxia
Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies
Editors: Altenbach, Alexander, Bernhard, Joan M., Seckbach, Joseph (Eds.)
- Reveals eukaryotic strategies in anoxic environments
- Includes cutting-edge research, data and hypotheses never before published
- Offers also fundamental introductions, overviews and an exhaustive collection of literature for advanced studies
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ANOXIA defines the lack of free molecular oxygen in an environment. In the presence of organic matter, anaerobic prokaryotes produce compounds such as free radicals, hydrogen sulfide, or methane that are typically toxic to aerobes. The concomitance of suppressed respiration and presence of toxic substances suggests these habitats are inhospitable to Eukaryota. Ecologists sometimes term such environments 'Death Zones'. This book presents, however, a collection of remarkable adaptations to anoxia, observed in Eukaryotes such as protists, animals, plants and fungi. Case studies provide evidence for controlled beneficial use of anoxia by, for example, modification of free radicals, use of alternative electron donors for anaerobic metabolic pathways, and employment of anaerobic symbionts. The complex, interwoven existence of oxic and anoxic conditions in space and time is also highlighted as is the idea that eukaryotic inhabitation of anoxic habitats was established early in Earth history.
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Anoxia
- Book Subtitle
- Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies
- Editors
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- Alexander Altenbach
- Joan M. Bernhard
- Joseph Seckbach
- Series Title
- Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
- Series Volume
- 21
- Copyright
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-1896-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-1896-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-1895-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-3705-1
- Series ISSN
- 1566-0400
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXXVI, 648
- Topics
