Polar Microbiology: The Ecology, Biodiversity and Bioremediation Potential of Microorganisms in Extremely Cold Environments (Hardcover)

Preface

Editors

Contributors

Chapter 1: Microbiology of Antarctic Terrestrial Soils and Rocks; Donald A. Cowan, Nuraan Khan, Caroline Heath, and Moola Mutondo

Chapter 2: Archaeal Diversity in Antarctic Ecosystems; Jackie Aislabie and John Bowman

Chapter 3: Bacterial Biodiversity of Antarctica: Conventional Polyphasic and rRNA Approaches; Sisinthy Shivaji and G. S. N. Reddy

Chapter 4: L.I.F.E. in Antarctic Lakes; Birgit Sattler and Michael C. Storrie-Lombardi

Chapter 5: Psychrophilic and Psychrotolerant Microbial Extremophiles in Polar Environments; Richard B. Hoover and Elena V. Pikuta

Chapter 6: Cold Adaptation in Antarctic Biodegradative Microorganisms; Asim K. Bej and Nazia Mojib

Chapter 7: Possible Role of Bacteriophage-Mediated Horizontal Gene Transfer on Microbial Adaptation to Environmental Stressors in Polar Ecosystems; Michael C. Storrie-Lombardi and Shannon J. Williamson

Chapter 8: Sources of Organic Matter for the Archean Cryosphere; Perry A. Gerakines and Michael C. Storrie-Lombardi

Chapter 9: Response of Polar Soil Bacterial Communities to Fuel Spills; Jackie Aislabie and Julia M. Foght

Chapter 10: Microbial Degradation of Petroleum Compounds in Cold Marine Water and Ice; Odd G. Brakstad, Andrew M. Booth, and Liv-Guri Faksness

Chapter 11: Potential for Microbial Biodegradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Polar Environments; Angelina Lo Giudice, Vivia Bruni, and Luigi Michaud

Chapter 12: Tolerance of Antarctic Soil Fungi to Hydrocarbons and Their Potential Role in Soil Bioremediation; Kevin A. Hughes and Paul Bridge

Chapter 13: Do Fertilizers Help in Effective Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Polar Soils?; Daniel Delille, Emilien Pelletier, and Frederic Coulon

Chapter 14: Bioremediation of Contaminated Sites in the Canadian Arctic: Monitoring Performance and the Effects of Biostimulation Using Molecular Methods; Charles W. Greer

Chapter 15: Occurrence, Distribution and Nature of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Genes in Biodegradative Microorganisms from the Antarctic Environment; Adriana Philippi Luz, Emanuele Kuhn, and Vivian Helena Pellizari

Chapter 16: Potential Use of Real-Time PCR to Assess Changes in the Microbial Population Structure and Function during Bioremediation of Polar Soils; Shane M. Powell

Chapter 17: Microbial Bioremediation in Polar Environments: Current Status and Future Directions; Ronald M. Atlas

Index