Microbial Ecology of Extreme Environments

Abstract

This book is meant to provide a useful reference for those who want to start a research program in extreme microbiology and, hopefully, inspire new research directions. Assembling it has taken a long time. For one reason or another, there was always an excuse such as too much teaching or administrative duties or the lack of enough material or just procrastinating because of another grant deadline approaching. And it was just by chance that we ended up working at the same institution and found the time to convince enough experts in the field that it would be fun to write this book.