Polar microbiology: life in a deep freeze / ed. by R.V.Miller, L.G.Whyte. - Washington: ASM Press, 2012. - xiii, 312 p.: ill. (some col.), col. maps. - Incl. bibl. ref. - Ind.: p.305-312. - ISBN-13 978-1-55581-604-9  Место хранения:   06 | Якутский научный центр СО РАН | Якутск | Центральная научная библиотека Якутского научного центра СО РАН

Оглавление / Contents

Contributors .................................................. vii Preface ........................................................ xi I. MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN POLAR ENVIRONMENTS .................... 1 1 Bacterial Diversity in Polar Habitats ........................ 3 Bronu'yn M. Kirby, Samantha Easton, I. Marla Tuffin, and Don A. Cowan 2 Archaea ..................................................... 32 Thomas D. Niederberger, Ian R. McDonald, and S. Craig Cary 3 Bacteriophages at the Poles ................................. 62 Robert V. Miller 4 Fungi in Polar Environments ................................. 79 Polona Zalar, Silva Sonjak, and Nina Gunde-Cimerman II. ADAPTATIONS AND PHYSIOLOGY OF COLD-ADAPTED MICROORGANISMS IN POLAR ENVIRONMENTS ......................................... 101 5 General Characteristics of Cold-Adapted Microorganisms ..... 103 Shawn Doyle, Markus Dieser, Erik Broemsen, and Brent Christner 6 Genomic and Expression Analyses of Cold-Adapted Microorganisms ............................................. 126 Corien Bakermans, Peter W. Bergholz, Debora F. Rodrigues, Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya, Héctor L. Ayala-del-Río, and James M. Tiedje 7 Metagenomic Analysis of Polar Ecosystems Etienne Yergeau and Charles W. Greer ....................... 156 8 Polar Microorganisms and Biotechnology Georges Feller and Rosa Margesin ........................... 166 III. ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING OF POLAR MICROBIOLOGY COMMUNITIES ................................................... 181 9 Microbial Carbon Cycling in Permafrost ..................... 183 Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya, Susanne Liebner, Roland Wilhelm, and Dirk Wagner 10 Polar Marine Microbiology .................................. 201 Connie Lovejoy 11 Cryospheric Environments in Polar Regions (Glaciers and Ice Sheets, Sea Ice, and Ice Shelves) ...................... 218 Mark Skidmore, Anne Jungblut, Matthew Urschel, and Karen Junge IV. CHALLENGES TO LIVING IN POLAR AND SUBPOLAR ENVIRONMENTS .... 241 12 Low-Temperature Limits of Microbial Growth and Metabolism P. Buford Price ............................................ 243 13 Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Life at the Poles Helen A. Vrionis, Karen Warner, Lyle G. Whyte, and Robert V. Miller .................................................. 265 14 Life in Ice on Other Worlds Christopher P. McKay, Nadia C.S. Mykytczuk, and Lyle G. Whyte Index ......................................................... 305