1st Edition
Extreme Environments Unique Ecosystems – Amazing Microbes
The book Extreme Environments: Unique Ecosystems – Amazing Microbes is an attempt to showcase the uniqueness of extremophiles, the largely unexplored group that has the abilities to function in hostile conditions and represent the very ancient life forms that thrived on earth billions of years ago. The book covers a wide range of research achievements in the field of microbiology of extreme environments right from the conventional approaches of cultivation to recently evolved high throughput sequencing technologies. The book provides a broad spectrum of information about the taxonomy, physiology, ecology and biotechnological applications of extremophiles from various extreme environments across the globe.
Bioprospecting Extreme Ecosystems Before They Vanish: The (Poorly Studied) Microbiology of Tropical Glaciers
Luis Andrés Yarzábal
The Microbial Diversity of Hot Springs Located in Himalayan Geothermal Belts (HGB)
Sayak Das and Nagendra Thakur
The Dead Sea: Lessons Learned From the Study of Microorganisms Isolated From a Dying Lake
Aharon Oren
The Wonderful Halophiles: Microorganisms Producing Useful Compounds
Giuseppe Squillaci, Ismene Serino, Francesco La Cara and Alessandra Morana
Exploring Microbial Diversity and Heavy Metals Resistance in an Active Volcanic Geothermal System
Urbieta María Sofía, Lima María Alejandra, Massello Francisco, Lopez Bedogni Germán, Giaveno María Alejandra and Donati Edgardo
Metallophillic Bacteria and Bioremediation of Heavy Metals
Lily Shylla, Augustine LaminKa-ot, Macmillan Nongkhlaw and SR Joshi
New Trends in Antarctic Bioprospecting: The Case of Cold-adapted Bacteria
Carmen Rizzo, Maria Papale and Angelina Lo Giudice
Yeasts on King George Island (Maritime Antarctica): Biodiversity and Biotechnological Applications
Silvana Vero, Gabriela Garmendia, Ivana Cavello, Florencia Ruscasso, Angie Alvarez, Eloisa Arrarte, Mariana Gonda, Adalgisa Martínez-Silveira, Sebastián Cavalitto and Michael Wisniewski
Bacterial Communities Associated With Macroalgae in Antarctica
Sergio Leiva
Antarctic Bacteria in Microbial Mats From King George Island, Maritime Antarctica
Rocío J. Alcántara-Hernández, Luisa I. Falcón, Neslihan Tas, Patricia M. Valdespino-Castillo, Silvia Batista, Martin Merino-Ibarra and Julio E. Campo
Physiological and Metabolic Basis of Microbial Adaptations Under Extreme Environments
Saritha M, Praveen Kumar, Nav Raten Panwar and Uday Burman
Shaping Microbial Communities in Changing Environments: The Paradigm of Solar Salterns
Alyssa Carré-Mlouka
Metabolic Pathways in Biodegrading Psychrotrophic Bacteria Under Cold Environments
Shruti Sinai Borker, Swami Pragya Prashant, Anu Kumari, Sareeka Kumari, Rajni Devi and Rakshak Kumar
Extremophiles Thriving in Extreme Ecosystems of Armenia
Panosyan Hovik and Margaryan Armine
Extremophiles Inhabiting Unique Ecosystems in Egypt
Nashwa I. Hagagy, Amna A. Saddiq, Hend A. Hamedo and Samy A. Selim
Microbial Life in Deep Terrestrial Continental Crust
Sufia K Kazy, Rajendra P Sahu, Sourav Mukhopadhyay, Himadri Bose, Sunanda Mandal and Pinaki Sar
The Insight into Deep Subsurface Microbial Life in Therapeutic Waters of Poland
Agnieszka Kalwasińska and Edyta Deja-Sikora
Multi-Omics Approaches for Extremophilic Microbial, Genetic, and Metabolic Diversity
Tanvi Govil, Wageesha Sharma, David R. Salem and Rajesh K. Sani
Impact of Microbial Genome Sequencing Advancements in Understanding Extremophiles
Garima Suneja and Rajpal Srivastav
Extremophilic Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as Biomarkers of Presence of Heavy Metals and Organic Pollution and Their Potential for Application in Contemporary Ecotoxicology
Ivanka M. Karadžić, Milena G. Rikalović, Lidija T. Izrael-Živković and Ana B. Medić
Moroccan New and Extremophilic Actinobacteria and Their Biotechnological Applications
Ahmed Nafis, Anas Raklami, Brahim Oubaha, Salah-Eddine Samri, Lahcen Hassani and Yedir Ouhdouch
Biography
Dr Anita Pandey is currently Professor of Biotechnology at Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India. Previously, she was Scientist at GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Almora, India for more than two and a half decades. Dr Pandey has extensively worked on Bioprospection of Microbial Diversity of Indian Himalayan region. Her research areas include Extremophiles, Rhizosphere, Biodegradation, Fermented Foods, Water microbes and Antimicrobials. She has been recipient of National Young Woman Bioscientist Award by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi. She has hosted CV Raman International Fellowships for African Researchers twice.
Dr Avinash Sharma is currently a DBT/Wellcome Trust Fellow at the National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India. Over the last 10 years of his research career, Dr Sharma has extensively worked on understanding the archaeal and bacterial communities from various extreme environments using modern techniques in microbial genomics. Recently, in 2019, he visited Antarctica to carry out his research project on "Specific adaptations of previously unknown, psychrophilic prokaryotes from Antarctic Environment". He also served as Curator of International Depository Authority at NCCS, Pune from August 2011 to September 2019.