Extremophiles

Where It All Began

AvKoki Horikoshi

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Koki Horikoshi — discoverer of the alkaliphiles, microbes that thrive in alkaline environments — describes in his autobiography how the research on extremophiles started and developed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-07
Mått:155 x 235 x 15 mm
Vikt:412 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:172
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Japan
ISBN:9784431554073

Utforska kategorier

Biokemisk teknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Koki Horikoshi is the founder of the international research journal Extremophiles and the International Society of Extremophiles. He was the first person in the world to isolate alkaliphiles and received many awards for his scientific work, including the Purple Medal (1987), the Gold Medal from the UK’s International Biotechnology Society (1991), the Honda Prize (1992) and the Japan Academy Prize (2006).

Innehållsförteckning

1 Prologue.- 2 Earlier Microbiology.- 3 The University of Tokyo and Purdue University.- 4 Alkaliphiles.- 5 The Ingham Family and Biosciences.- 6 Superbugs project.- 7 Medal Lecture at the Royal Society.- 8 JAMSTEC Deep Star.- 9 Samples From 10,898 Meters Beneath the Pacific Ocean.- 10 His Majesty the Emperor and the Deep Sea.- 11 New Scientific Journal Extremophiles and the International Society of Extremophiles.- 12 My Lifelong Friend Hubert Gottschling.- 13 Epilogue.