Methods in microbiology.v. 35,Extremophiles /edited by Fred A. Rainey and Aharon Oren. --Academic Press,2006. –(58.605/N856/v.35)

Contents

 Contents:

1.       Extremophile microorganisms and the methods to handle them  1

2.       In situ activity studies in thermal environments  29

3.       The isolation of thermophiles from deep-sea hydrothermal environments  55

4.       Growth of hyperthermophilic microorganisms for physiological and nutritional studies  93

5.       Toward the large scale cultivation of hyperthermophiles at high-temperature and high pressure  109

6.       Analysis of lipids from extremophilic bacteria  127

7.       Membranes of thermophiles and other extremophiles  161

8.       Characterization and quantification of compatible solutes in (Hyper) thermophilic microorganisms  173

9.       Functional genomics of the thermo-acidophilic archaeon  201

10.   Heat shock proteins in hyperthermophiles  233

11.   Deep-sea thermococcales and their genetic elements: plasmids and viruses  253

12.   Genetic systems for thermos  279

13.   Gene transfer systems for obligately anaerobic thermophilic bacteria  309

14.   Hyperthermophilic virus-host systems: detection and isolation  331

15.   Preservation of thermophilic microorganisms  349

16.   Handling of psychrophilic microorganisms  371

17.   Proteins from psychrophiles  395

18.   Cultivation of aerobic alkaliphiles  439

19.   Isolation, cultivation and characterization of alkalithermophiles  451

20.   The isolation and study of acidophilic microorganisms  471

21.   Characterization of natural communities of halophilic  513

22.   Cultivation of haloarchaea  535

23.   Extraction of halophiles from ancient crystals  553

24.   The assessment of the viability of halophilic microorganisms in natural communities  569

25.   Characterization of lipids of halophilic archaea  585

26.   Characterization of organic compatible solutes of halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms  615

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