Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
分類: 图书,套装书,
品牌: Jan Roelof Van Der Meer
基本信息出版社:Springer; Edition.精装:4791页正文语种:英语ISBN:3540775846条形码:9783540775843商品尺寸:23.9 x 16.3 x 4.6 cm商品重量:1.2 KgASIN:3540775846商品描述"Water is life " All active cellular systems require water as the medium and solvent of their metabolic activities. Hydrophobic compounds and structures, which tend to exclude water, though providing inter alia excellent sources of energy and a means of biological compartmentalization, present problems of cellular handling, poor bioavailability and, in some cases, toxicity. Microbes both synthesize and exploit a vast range of hydrophobic organics, especially petroleum oil hydrocarbons and industrial pollutants, and the underlying interactions not only have major consequences for the lifestyles of the microbes involved, but also for biogeochemistry, climate change, environmental pollution, human health and a range of biotechnological applications. The aim of this handbook is to be the definitive resource of current knowledge on the diverse and multifaceted aspects of these interactions, the microbial players, and the physiological mechanisms and adaptive strategies characteristic of the microbial lifestyle that plays out at hydrophobic material: aqueous liquid interfaces.