Living at the Frontiers of Life: Extremophiles in Chile and Their Potential for Bioremediation [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Extremophiles are organisms capable of adjust, survive or thrive in hostile habitats that were previously thought to be adverse or lethal for life. Chile gathers a wide range of extreme environments: salars, geothermal springs, and geysers located at ...
Roberto Orellana, Michael Seeger
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Extremophile enzyme activity lab: using catalase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis to highlight temperature sensitivity and thermostable enzyme activity. [PDF]
J Microbiol Biol EducThere are places on earth that are considered to possess extreme physico-chemical characteristics as they relate to life. Surprisingly, there are microbes that have adapted various strategies that enable them to form robust communities in these ...
Scott JW, Steel JJ.
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Advances in Extremophile Research: Biotechnological Applications through Isolation and Identification Techniques. [PDF]
Life (Basel)Extremophiles, organisms thriving in extreme environments such as hot springs, deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and hypersaline ecosystems, have garnered significant attention due to their remarkable adaptability and biotechnological potential.
Gallo G, Aulitto M.
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New biology of red rain extremophiles prove cometary panspermia [PDF]
arXiv, 2003 This paper reports the extraordinary biology of the microorganisms from the mysterious red rain of Kerala, India. These chemosynthetic organisms grow optimally at an extreme high temperature of 300 degrees C in hydrothermal conditions and can metabolize inorganic and organic compounds including hydrocarbons.
G. Louis, Akshaya Kumar
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High-Up: A Remote Reservoir of Microbial Extremophiles in Central Andean Wetlands [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 The Central Andes region displays unexplored ecosystems of shallow lakes and salt flats at mean altitudes of 3700 m. Being isolated and hostile, these so-called “High-Altitude Andean Lakes” (HAAL) are pristine and have been exposed to little human ...
Virginia Helena Albarracín +2 more
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A molecular perspective on the limits of life: Enzymes under pressure [PDF]
Condens. Matter Phys., 2016, vol. 19, No. 2, 22801, 2016 From a purely operational standpoint, the existence of microbes that can grow under extreme conditions, or "extremophiles", leads to the question of how the molecules making up these microbes can maintain both their structure and function. While microbes that live under extremes of temperature have been heavily studied, those that live under extremes ...
Bartlett, D. H. +5 more
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The importance of extremophile cyanobacteria in the production of biologically active compounds [PDF]
Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke, 2007 Due to their ability to endure extreme conditions, terrestrial cyanobacteria belong to a group of organisms known as "extremophiles". Research so far has shown that these organisms posses a great capacity for producing biologically active compounds (BAC).
Drobac-Čik Aleksandra V. +3 more
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Extremophile life-form survey on rocky exoplanets [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 Search for different life-forms elsewhere is the fascinating area of research in astrophysics and astrobiology. Nearly 3500 exoplanets are discovered according to NASA exoplanet archive database. Earth Similarity Index (ESI) is defined as the geometrical mean of radius, density, escape velocity and surface temperature, ranging from 0 (dissimilar to ...
Madhu Kashyap Jagadeesh
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Indexing Exoplanets with Physical Conditions Potentially Suitable for Rock-Dependent Extremophiles [PDF]
Life, 2020 The search for different life forms elsewhere in the universe is a fascinating area of research in astrophysics and astrobiology. Currently, according to the NASA Exoplanet Archive database, 3876 exoplanets have been discovered.
Madhu Kashyap Jagadeesh +4 more
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The Biocatalytic Potential of Extremophiles and Extremozymes [PDF]
Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2004 Extremophiles are bizarre microorganisms that can grow and thrive in extreme environments, which were formerly considered too hostile to support life.
Walter Steiner, Joseph Gomes
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