Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology

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Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology is written by Rosa Margesin and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319570579 (ISBN 10) and 9783319570570 (ISBN 13).

Cold adaptation includes a complex range of structural and functional adaptations at the level of all cellular constituents, and these adaptations render cold-adapted organisms particularly useful for biotechnological applications. This book presents the most recent knowledge of (i) boundary conditions for microbial life in the cold, (ii) microbial diversity in various cold ecosystems, (iii) molecular cold adaptation mechanisms and (iv) the resulting biotechnological perspectives.