Microbes from Hell Tapa dura - 2016

University of Chicago Press, 2016. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Scarcely used.

University of Chicago Press, 2016. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. New. At the close of the 1970s, the two-domain classification scheme long used by most biologists prokaryotes versus eukaryotes was upended by the discovery of an entirely new group of organisms: Archaea. Initially thought to be bacteria, these single-celled microbes many of which were first found in seemingly unlivable habitats like the volcanic hot springs of Yellowstone National Park were in fact so different at molecular and genetic levels as to constitute a separate, third domain beside bacteria and eukaryotes. Their discovery sparked a conceptual revolution in our understanding of the evolution of life, and Patrick Forterre was and still is at the vanguard of this revolution. In Microbes from Hell, the world's leading expert on Archaea and hyperthermophiles, or organisms that have evolved to flourish in extreme temperatures, offers a colorful, engaging account of this taxonomic upheaval. Blending tales of his own search for thermophiles with discussions of both the physiological… Leer más

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2016. Hardcover. New. 273 pages. 10.00x6.50x0.50 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.