Cuatro Ciénegas Ecology, Natural History and Microbiology. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Valeria Souza, Gabriela Olmedo--Álvarez and Luis E. Eguiarte.
• Editors: Souza, Valeria; Olmedo-Álvarez, Gabriela; Eguiarte, Luis E (Luis Enrique)
• Contents: Chapter 1 -- Why Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) is so special, a walk through the ages: Valeria Souza (UNAM, MX) -- Chapter 2 -- The Global Climate Change footprint at Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico: the increment of Extreme Climatic Event frequencies and its relation with water management: Cristina Montiel-González, Francisco Bautista, Oscar Sánchez-Meneses and Felipe García-Oliva (UNAM, MX) -- Chapter 3 -- Microbial saga: from the ancient past to the present: Valeria Souza, Luis Eguiarte (UNAM, MX), Gabriela Olmedo (CINVESTAV, MX), Michael Travisano (University of Minnesota, USA) and Janet Siefert (Rice University, USA) -- Chapter 4 -- Hyper-diversity of Virus in CCB: Blanca Taboada, Pavel Isa, Ana Lorena Gutiérrez, Rosa Maria del Ángel (UNAM, MX), Juan Ludert (CINVESTAV, MX), Ana Cecilia Espinosa, Luis E Eguiarte., Susana López, Valeria Souza and Carlos Arias ;(UNAM, MX) -- Chapter 5 -- How divergent is this oasis? Microbial population genomics studies: Mirna Vazquez; Zulema Gómez; Gabriel Yaxal (UNAM, MX), Gabriela Olmedo (CINVESTAV, MX), Valeria Souza Alejandra Moreno and Luis Eguiarte (UNAM, MX) -- Chapter 6 -- Microbial ecology in CCB: The survival at the edge of life, mutualisms with locals and antagonisms with the foreigners: Experimental and metagenomics evidence: Laura Espinosa, Eneas Aguirre, Patricia Vélez, Gabriela Olmedo (CINVESTAV, MX), Valerie de Anda, Luis E. Eguiarte and Valeria Souza (UNAM, MX) -- Chapter 7 -- Mesocosms and other experiments: a way to test resilience of a community: Esmeralda Nguyen López (IPICYT, MX), Silvia Pajares (UNAM, MX), Gabriela Olmedo (CINVESTAV, MX), Ana Escalante, Luis Eguiarte and Valeria Souza (UNAM, MX) -- Chapter 8 -- Bacillus as system model: Diversity and distribution, the bacillus tale: Gabriela Olmedo (CINVESTAV, MX), Ma. Dolores Rodriguez, Luis David Alcaraz, Valeria Souza (UNAM, MX) -- Chapter 9 -- Ecological adaptability of Bacillus to the extreme oligotrophy of the Cuatro Cienegas Basin: Jorge Valdivia-Anistro, Luis Eguiarte-Fruns and Valeria Souza (UNAM, MX) -- Chapter 10 -- Actinobacteria, the story of the biotechnology potential: Héctor Arocha, Susana de la Torre, Hamlet Aviles, Francisco Barona (CINVESTAV, MX) -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, colour illustrations
• Subjects: 508.72; Life sciences; Natural history -- Mexico -- Cuatrociénegas; NATURE / Essays; NATURE / Reference; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Ecotourism; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Science -- Environmental Science; Biodiversity; Climate change; Animal ecology; Microbiology; Biodiversity; Climatic changes; Ecology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Microbiology (non-medical); Cuatrociénegas (Mexico) -- Ecology; Cuatrociénegas (Mexico) -- Microbiology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319934235; 3319934236
• Related ISBNs: 9783319934228; 3319934228
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 5, 2018).; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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