Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 307 pages)
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ISBN:
9780511541568
Content:
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 over 100˚C. What seems extreme to us is, however, not extreme to these organisms. In this captivating 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. These organisms have an extreme biology, which involves many aspects of their physiology, ecology and evolution
Content:
Introduction : extreme life -- Be it ever so humble ... --Life without water -- The hot club -- Cold Lazarus -- More tough choices -- 'It's life, Jim, but not as we know it!' -- An extreme biology
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521782128
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521039901
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521782128
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511541568
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