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• catalog abstract "Describes life on Earth not by the rules but by the exceptions to them, looking at the most hostile habitats of the our environment and their most hardened inhabitants. Analyzes survival strategies of these single-cell creatures in a way accessible to lay readers but still in touch with the latest research in areas such as heat-shock proteins and genome sequencing. Describes the significance of research on such organisms for fields including biotechnology, medicine, and research into the origin and early evolution of life, and explores the possibility of life on other planets. Includes sidebars and glossary. Originally published in German as "Exzentriker des Lebens", 1996, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. Can life exist in the Antarctic ice, in the deep subsurface, in dilute sulfuric acid, in hot springs -- even on Mars? What degree of high or low temperature, pressure, or salt concentration can living cells tolerate? In recent years, scientists have discovered many single-cell creatures that exist in -- in fact, are perfectly adapted to -- extreme environments that were considered uninhabitable just one or two decades ago. In Life on the Edge, author Michael Gross explores how microorganisms adapt to their hostile environments and how they affect our current definition of the "normal" conditions for life. He also describes the vast implications of these extremophiles and other amazing creatures -- from potential breakthroughs in medicine and biotechnology to the search for life elsewhere in the universe.".
• catalog alternative "Exzentriker des Lebens. English".
• catalog contributor b10796776.
• catalog created "c1998.".
• catalog date "1998".
• catalog date "c1998.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
• catalog description "Describes life on Earth not by the rules but by the exceptions to them, looking at the most hostile habitats of the our environment and their most hardened inhabitants. Analyzes survival strategies of these single-cell creatures in a way accessible to lay readers but still in touch with the latest research in areas such as heat-shock proteins and genome sequencing. Describes the significance of research on such organisms for fields including biotechnology, medicine, and research into the origin and early evolution of life, and explores the possibility of life on other planets. Includes sidebars and glossary. Originally published in German as "Exzentriker des Lebens", 1996, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. Can life exist in the Antarctic ice, in the deep subsurface, in dilute sulfuric acid, in hot springs -- even on Mars? What degree of high or low temperature, pressure, or salt concentration can living cells tolerate? In recent years, scientists have discovered many single-cell creatures that exist in -- in fact, are perfectly adapted to -- extreme environments that were considered uninhabitable just one or two decades ago. In Life on the Edge, author Michael Gross explores how microorganisms adapt to their hostile environments and how they affect our current definition of the "normal" conditions for life. He also describes the vast implications of these extremophiles and other amazing creatures -- from potential breakthroughs in medicine and biotechnology to the search for life elsewhere in the universe.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-187) and index.".
• catalog description "Of Extremists and Eccentrics: A Personal Preface -- 1. Introduction: Life and Its Limits. Things One Needs for a Living. What Do We Mean by "Normal" after All? The Limits of Life on Earth -- 2. Extreme Environments and Their Inhabitants. Profile: Thomas Brock and the Discovery of the Hyperthermophiles. Some Like It Hot: Life around Geysers and Volcanoes. Stay Cool: Life at Subzero Temperatures. Sidelines: Of Polar Bears and Penguins -- Vertebrate Life at the Poles. Living under Pressure: The Deep Sea. Sidelines: On Diving. A Light in the Dark: Luminescent Creatures of the Deep Sea. Travel to the Center of the Earth: The Deep Subsurface as a Biotope. Extra Dry: Survival in the Desert. Saturated with Salt: The (Allegedly) Dead Sea as a Biotope.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 200 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Life on the edge.".
• catalog identifier "0306457865".
• catalog isFormatOf "Life on the edge.".
• catalog issued "1998".
• catalog issued "c1998.".
• catalog language "eng ger".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Plenum Trade,".
• catalog relation "Life on the edge.".
• catalog subject "578.4 21".
• catalog subject "Adaptation (Biology)".
• catalog subject "Extreme environments.".
• catalog subject "Life Origin.".
• catalog subject "QH546 .G7613 1998".
• catalog subject "Stress (Physiology)".
• catalog tableOfContents "Of Extremists and Eccentrics: A Personal Preface -- 1. Introduction: Life and Its Limits. Things One Needs for a Living. What Do We Mean by "Normal" after All? The Limits of Life on Earth -- 2. Extreme Environments and Their Inhabitants. Profile: Thomas Brock and the Discovery of the Hyperthermophiles. Some Like It Hot: Life around Geysers and Volcanoes. Stay Cool: Life at Subzero Temperatures. Sidelines: Of Polar Bears and Penguins -- Vertebrate Life at the Poles. Living under Pressure: The Deep Sea. Sidelines: On Diving. A Light in the Dark: Luminescent Creatures of the Deep Sea. Travel to the Center of the Earth: The Deep Subsurface as a Biotope. Extra Dry: Survival in the Desert. Saturated with Salt: The (Allegedly) Dead Sea as a Biotope.".
• catalog title "Exzentriker des Lebens. English".
• catalog title "Life on the edge : amazing creatures thriving in extreme environments / Michael Gross.".
• catalog type "text".