Thermophiles : biology and technology at high temperatures / edited by Frank Robb ... [et al.]. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2008. - xiii, 353 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Frank T. Robb ... [et al.] -- Compatible solutes of (hyper)thermophiles and their role in protein stabilization / Helena Santos ... [et al.] -- Relationships among catalytic activity, structural flexibility, and conformational stability as deduced from the analysis of mesophilic-thermophilic enzyme pairs and protein engineering studies / Reinhard Sterner and Eike Brunner -- Membranes and transport proteins of thermophilic microorganisms / Sonja Verena Albers and Arnold J.M. Driessen -- Thermophilic protein-folding systems / Frank T. Robb and Pongpan Laksanalamai -- Physical properties of membranes composed of tetraether archaeal lipids / Parkson Lee-Gau Chong -- Glycolysis in hyperthermophiles / Peter Schönheit -- Industrial relevance of thermophiles and their enzymes / Garabed Antranikian -- Denitrification pathway enzymes of thermophiles / Simon de Vries and Imke Schröder -- DNA stability and repair / Malcolm F. White and Dennis W. Grogan --

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Thermophilic microorganisms.
Bacterial Physiology.
Adaptation, Physiological.
Archaea--genetics.
Archaea--physiology.
Bacteria--genetics.
Genetics, Microbial.
Heat.

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