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Life at the limits : organisms in extreme environments / David A. Wharton.

By:

Wharton, David A [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002Description: xi, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521782120
9780521782128

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

578.4 21

LOC classification:

QL45.2 .W53 2002

Contents:

1. Introduction: extreme life -- 2. Be it ever so humble -- 3. Life without water -- 4. The hot club -- 5. Cold Lazarus -- 6. More tough choices -- 7. 'It's life, Jim, but not as we know it!' -- 8. An extreme biology.

Review: "We are fascinated by the seemingly impossible places in which organisms can live. There are frogs that freeze solid, worms that dry out and bacteria that survive temperatures of over 100[degree]C. These organisms have an extreme biology, which involves many aspects of their physiology, ecology and evolution. In this account, the reader is taken on a tour of extreme environments, and shown the remarkable abilities of organisms to survive a range of extreme conditions, such as high and low temperatures and desiccation. This book considers how organisms survive major stresses, and what extreme organisms can tell us about the origin of life and the possibilities of extraterrestrial life."--Book jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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New Zealand author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-287) and index.

"We are fascinated by the seemingly impossible places in which organisms can live. There are frogs that freeze solid, worms that dry out and bacteria that survive temperatures of over 100[degree]C. These organisms have an extreme biology, which involves many aspects of their physiology, ecology and evolution. In this account, the reader is taken on a tour of extreme environments, and shown the remarkable abilities of organisms to survive a range of extreme conditions, such as high and low temperatures and desiccation. This book considers how organisms survive major stresses, and what extreme organisms can tell us about the origin of life and the possibilities of extraterrestrial life."--Book jacket.

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