1 Extreme environments as model systems for the study of microbial evolution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Contributing authors xii
5. 1 Extreme environments as model systems for the study of microbial evolution 1
6. 2 Microbial evolution: the view from the acidophiles 19
7. 3 Microbial Evolution in the Cryosphere 31
8. 4 Metabolic and taxonomic diversification in continental magmatic hydrothermal systems 57
9. 5 Halophilic microorganisms and adaptation to life at high salt concentrations – evolutionary aspects 97
10. 6 The origin of extreme ionizing radiation resistance 111
11. 7 Current perspectives on microbial strategies for survival under extreme nutrient starvation: evolution and ecophysiology 127
12. 8 Polyextremophiles 153
13. 9 Early life 171
14. 10 Polyextremotolerance as the fungal answer to changing environments 185
15. 11 Viral evolution at the limits 209
16. 12 Evolutionary pressures and the establishment of endosymbiotic associations 223
17. 13 Rates of evolution under extreme and mesophilic conditions 247
18. Index 269