Extreme Environments. Mechanisms of Microbial Adaptation

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Inside Front Cover, Page v
List of Contributors, Pages ix-x
Preface, Pages xi-xii
Dedication, Pages xiii-xv
NATURAL SELECTION AND THE ECOLOGY OF MICROBIAL ADAPTATION IN A BIOSPHERE, Pages 3-25, M. Alexander
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF ANTARCTIC SOIL BACTERIA, Pages 29-56, Ian L. Uydess, Wolf V. Vishniac
ANTARCTIC MICROBIOLOGY–PREPARATION FOR MARS LIFE DETECTION, QUARANTINE, AND BACK CONTAMINATION, Pages 57-82, Roy E. Cameron, Richard C. Honour, Frank A. Morelli
INFORMATION TRANSFER IN THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA, Pages 85-101, J. Stenesh
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON TRANSFER RNA, Pages 103-117, Brian R. Reid
INFORMATION TRANSFER: SALT EFFECTS, Pages 119-136, S.T. Bayley
SALT-MEDIATED KILL AND INHIBITION OF THERMALLY INJURED (RIBOSOME DEFICIENT) STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, Pages 137-144, Roger D. Haight
PROTEINS FROM THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS, Pages 147-187, Lars G. Ljungdahl, David Sherod
A COMPARISON OF THE AMINO ACID COMPOSITIONS OF PROTEINS FROM THERMOPHILIC AND NON-THERMOPHILIC ORIGINS, Pages 189-200, Rivers Singleton Jr.
KINETIC BEHAVIOR OF A THERMOPHILIC ENZYME IN RESPONSE TO TEMPERATURE PERTURBATIONS, Pages 201-212, C.R. Middaugh, R.D. MacElroy
PROPERTIES OF A PARTIALLY PURIFIED NADH DEHYDROGENASE FROM AN EXTREMELY HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM, STRAIN AR-1, Pages 213-225, Lawrence I. Hochstein
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON MEMBRANE PROTEINS, Pages 229-254, Neil E. Welker
THE BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ALTERATIONS IN THE FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF MICROBIAL MEMBRANE LIPIDS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE, Pages 255-281, Ronald N. McElhaney
GROWTH TEMPERATURE AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIPID PHASE IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES, Pages 283-294, Alfred F. Esser, Kenneth A. Souza
MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND SALT DEPENDENCE IN EXTREMELY HALOPHILIC BACTERIA, Pages 295-303, Janos K. Lanyi
MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDY OF ION INTERACTION WITH BACTERIAL SURFACES, Pages 305-320, Robbe C. Lyon, Nancy S. Magnuson, James A. Magnuson
THE INFLUENCE OF DIPOLE POTENTIALS ON THE MAGNITUDE AND THE KINETICS OF ION TRANSPORT IN LIPID BILAYER MEMBRANES, Pages 321-348, Gabor Szabo
THE EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE ON PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER MEMBRANES, Pages 349-353, James R. Trudell
Symposium Lectures 1970, Page 355
Symposium Lectures 1972, Page 357
Subject Index, Pages 359-362