Methane Production in a More Saline World
Hypersaline environments are an important component of the Earth’s methane-generating capacity, and salinisation of land is a rampant problem, hence the need to investigate the influence of salinity on methane-producing and consuming microbes. Although a
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Kenneth N. Timmis
Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
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Professor Kenneth N. Timmis Environmental Microbiology Laboratory Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Inhoffenstrasse 7 38124 Braunschweig Germany
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009930947 ISBN: 978–3–540–77584–3 This publication is available also as: Electronic publication under ISBN 978–3–540–77587–4 and Print and electronic bundle under ISBN 978–3–540–77588–1 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is only permitted under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer‐Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. ß Springer‐Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media springer.com Editor: Christina Eckey/Sandra Fabiani, Heidelberg, Germany Development Editor: Sylvia Blago, Heidelberg, Germany Production: SPI‐Publishing, Pondicherry, India Cover Design: Frido Steinen‐Broo, Girona, Spain Printed on acid‐free paper
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This Handbook is dedicated to the three waves of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology and biochemistry researchers. Firstly, the early pioneers, who were the first to be fascinated by the unique biology and discovery potential of the topic, solved basic technical challenges, made seminal discoveries, mapped out the field, laid a solid foundation for the current explosion of exciting research, and acted as role models for successive generations of scholars. Secondly, the future pioneers, the brightest students in the labs of the authors of this Handbook and of others in the field who represent the new generation of ‘‘greasy’’ microbiologists: may this Handbook inspire them to tenaciously explore thus far undiscovered facets of biological activities at hydrophobic:hydrophilic substance interfaces, to seek the causes and consequences of molecular domains/molecules/multimolecular structures skating on and slipping in and out of hydrophobic surfaces, to find answers to the most challenging questions, to surmount the most difficult technical hurdles, and to illuminate the ecophysiological controls that interlink and intermodulate apparently unrelated diverse activities at all scales and that integrate such activities with environmental parameters. Most importantly may they have much intel
