Defrosting Ancient Microbes: Emerging Genomes in a Warmer World

ISBN-13: 9780367223502 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 230 str.

Scott Rogers; John D. Castello

Opis

This book explores the emergence of microbes embedded in ice for thousands - even millions - of years, now being released into streams, rivers, lakes and oceans. This book explores the emergence of these microbes and the implications for terrestrial, as well as extra-terrestrial, life.

Spis treści

1. Reaching Backwards 2. Questions and Answers 3. The Importance of Water and Ice 4. The Diversity of Ice 5. Permafrost 6. What Is Life? 7. Fossils: Marking Time 8. Walking into the Past 9. Isolating and Characterizing Microbes from Ice 10. A Brief History of Research on Life in Ice 11. Ice Core Discoveries 12. Subglacial Lake Vostok 13. Discoveries from Other Ice-Covered Lakes 14. Life Is Everywhere 15. Pathogens in the Environment: Viruses 16. Pathogens, Hazards, and Dangers 17. Everything Old Is New Again, the Ultimate in Recycling 18. Astrobiology—Out of This World 19. Disappearing Ice—Global Climate Change 20. Epilogue