Exploring knowledge about microbes living in the extreme environments – the resources review
Journal Title: Extreme Life, Biospeology & Astrobiology - International Journal of the Bioflux Society - Year 2011, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Extremophiles are organisms that tolerate or require to live the extreme ranges of variation of the environmental factors such as temperature, pH, salinity, concentrations of heavy metals, high hydrostatic pressure, ionizing radiation, ultraviolet, availability of water, light, oxygen, and nutritionally limited environments, etc. Exposure to such diverse factors caused, in the light of evolutionary changes, the appearence of many biochemical adaptations. In most cases, extremophiles are unicellular organisms belonging to the Archaea domain, but there are also representatives of other domains (Bacteria, Eucaryota) and multicellular organisms. The diversity of the Internet resources and printed materials (scientific publications) reflect areas of this interest. Special characteristics of extremophiles are of interest to researchers in various fields of biological sciences (astrobiology, ecology, biotechnology, biospeleology). The purpose of this article is to review the most representative resources about microorganisms living in extreme environments and indicate the directions of the future research.
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Urszula Czyżewska
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