Defrosting ancient microbes : emerging genomes in a warmer world /: emerging genomes in a warmer world. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Scott Rogers, John D. Castello.
• Authors: Rogers, Scott O, 1953-; Castello, John D, 1952-
• Contents: 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
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 579.17586; Ice -- Microbiology; Microbiology -- Evolution; Global warming
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000702668; 9781000702446; 9781000702552; 9780429274459
• Related ISBNs: 9780367223502; 9780367222628
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