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100 1 _aTimmis, Kenneth N.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aHandbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Kenneth N. Timmis.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,
_c2010.
300 _aXCII, 4670 p. 425 illus., 25 illus. in color. eReference.
_bonline resource.
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338 _aonline resource
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520 _a"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.
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 0 _aMicrobiology.
650 0 _aBiochemistry.
650 0 _aMicrobial ecology.
650 0 _aMicrobial genetics.
650 0 _aBiotechnology.
650 1 4 _aLife Sciences.
650 2 4 _aMicrobiology.
650 2 4 _aApplied Microbiology.
650 2 4 _aEnvironmental Engineering/Biotechnology.
650 2 4 _aBiochemistry, general.
650 2 4 _aMicrobial Ecology.
650 2 4 _aMicrobial Genetics and Genomics.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4
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