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).

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• 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.

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).

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• 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.

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).

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• 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.