Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Climate of Snow and Ice as Boundary Condition for Microbial Life....Pages 3-20
Determining the Limits of Microbial Life at Subzero Temperatures....Pages 21-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Aeromicrobiology....Pages 41-55
Microbial Life in Supraglacial Environments....Pages 57-81
Microbiology of Subglacial Environments....Pages 83-110
Viruses in Glacial Environments....Pages 111-131
Microbial Life in the Deep Sea: Psychropiezophiles....Pages 133-152
Microbial Life in Permafrost....Pages 153-179
Cyanobacteria in Polar and Alpine Ecosystems....Pages 181-206
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Enzyme Catalysis in Psychrophiles....Pages 209-235
Cryoprotectants and Ice-Binding Proteins....Pages 237-257
The Role of Exopolysaccharides in Microbial Adaptation to Cold Habitats....Pages 259-284
Molecular Structure of Lipopolysaccharides of Cold-Adapted Bacteria....Pages 285-303
Polar Microalgae: Functional Genomics, Physiology, and the Environment....Pages 305-344
Genomics of Psychrophilic Bacteria and Archaea....Pages 345-387
Metagenomic Analysis of Low-Temperature Environments....Pages 389-421
Proteomic Insights of Psychrophiles....Pages 423-435
From Transcriptomes to Metatranscriptomes: Cold Adaptation and Active Metabolisms of Psychrophiles from Cold Environments....Pages 437-457
Front Matter....Pages 459-459
Biotechnological Aspects of Cold-Active Enzymes....Pages 461-475
Biotechnological Improvements of Cold-Adapted Enzymes: Commercialization via an Integrated Approach....Pages 477-512
Front Matter....Pages 459-459
Heterologous Protein Expression in Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125....Pages 513-525
Psychrophiles as a Source of Novel Antimicrobials....Pages 527-540
Permafrost Bacteria in Biotechnology: Biomedical Applications....Pages 541-554
Cold-Adapted Basidiomycetous Yeasts as a Source of Biochemicals....Pages 555-584
Perspectives of Low-Temperature Biomass Production of Polar Microalgae and Biotechnology Expansion into High Latitudes....Pages 585-600
Nitrification at Low Temperature for Purification of Used Water....Pages 601-612
Biodegradation of Petroleum Oil in Cold Marine Environments....Pages 613-644
Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Spills in Cold Terrestrial Environments....Pages 645-660
Rhizoremediation in Cold Climates....Pages 661-685