TY  - BOOK
AU  - Timmis,Kenneth N.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
SN  - 9783540775874
AV  - QR1-502 
U1  - 579 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Life sciences
KW  - Microbiology
KW  - Biochemistry
KW  - Microbial ecology
KW  - Microbial genetics
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Applied Microbiology
KW  - Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
KW  - Biochemistry, general
KW  - Microbial Ecology
KW  - Microbial Genetics and Genomics
N2  - "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
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