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Describes life on Earth not by the rules but by the exceptions, looking at the most hostile habitats and their inhabitants, analyzes survival strategies, and discusses research on related topics
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Describes life on Earth not by the rules but by the exceptions to them, looking at the most hostile habitats of the our environment and their most hardened inhabitants. Analyzes survival strategies of these single-cell creatures in a way accessible to lay readers but still in touch with the latest research in areas such as heat-shock proteins and genome sequencing. Describes the significance of research on such organisms for fields including biotechnology, medicine, and research into the origin and early evolution of life, and explores the possibility of life on other planets. Includes sidebars and glossary. Originally published in German as Exzentriker des Lebens , 1996, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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