Polyextremophiles: Life Under Multiple Forms of Stress

by Joseph Seckbach

Book Overview

Many Microorganisms and some macro-organisms can live under extreme conditions. For example, high and low temperature, acidic and alkaline conditions, high salt areas, high pressure, toxic compounds, high level of ionizing radiation, anoxia and absence of light, etc. Many organisms inhabit environments characterized by more than one form of stress (Polyextremophiles). Among them are those who live in hypersaline and alkaline, hot and acidic, cold/hot...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400792409
• ISBN13: 9789400792401
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 634 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"