Ebook: Biotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms

This book provides a broad overview how extremophiles can be used in biotechnology, including for the production and degradation of compounds. It reviews various recent discoveries and applications related to a large variety of extremophiles, considering both prokaryotes as well as eukaryotes.

• Comprehensive overview of different fields in biotechnology of extremophiles – from industrial biotechnology, medical biotechnology, food biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, geobiotechnology to astrobiotechnology

• Full color illustrations