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Microbes from Hell by Patrick Forterre; Teresa Lavender Fagan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Microbes from Hell about?

At the close of the 1970s, the two-domain classification scheme long used by most biologists—prokaryotes versus eukaryotes—was upended by the discovery of an entirely new group of organisms: archaea. Initially thought to be bacteria, these single-celled microbes—many of which were first found in seemingly unlivable habitats like the volcanic hot springs of Yellowstone National Park—were in fact so different at molecular and genetic levels as to constitute a separate, third domain beside bacteria and eukaryotes. Their discovery sparked a conceptual revolution in our understanding of the evolution of life, and Patrick Forterre was—and still is—at the vanguard of this revolution. In __Microbes from Hell__, one of the world’s leading experts on archaea and hyperthermophiles, or organisms that have evolved to flourish in extreme temperatures, offers a colorful, engaging account of this taxonomic upheaval. Blending tales of his own search for thermophiles with discussions of both the physiological challenges thermophiles face and the unique adaptations they have evolved to live in high-temperature environments, Forterre illuminates our developing understanding of the relationship between

Who reads Microbes from Hell?

Author

Patrick Forterre; Teresa Lavender Fagan

Publisher

University of Chicago Press; The University of Chicago Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226265964

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Microbiology, Stem