Extremophiles, 1st Edition, 9781118103005
Hardcover
Explores the utility and potential of extremophiles in sustainability and biotechnology Many extremophilic bio-products are already used as life-saving drugs. Until recently, however, the difficulty of working with these microbes has discouraged efforts to develop extremophilic microbes as poten…

Extremophiles, 1st Edition

sustainable resources and biotechnological implications

$443.54

  • Hardcover

    456 pages

  • Release Date

    7 November 2012

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Summary

Explores the utility and potential of extremophiles in sustainability and biotechnology

Many extremophilic bio-products are already used as life-saving drugs. Until recently, however, the difficulty of working with these microbes has discouraged efforts to develop extremophilic microbes as potential drug reservoirs of the future. Recent technological advances have opened the door to exploring these organisms anew as sources of products that might prove useful in clinical and environ…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781118103005
ISBN-10:1118103009
Author:Om V. Singh
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:Wiley-Blackwell
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:456
Edition:1st
Release Date:7 November 2012
Weight:930g
Dimensions:254mm x 180mm x 25mm
About The Author

Om V. Singh

Dr. Singh is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and, in his sabattical time, a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He volunteers his time as an online mentor for the American Society of Microbiology and in 2010 was honored as the ASM’s Outstanding Online Mentor. Professor Singh serves on the boards of numerous journals and has already edited one book and written numerous peer-reviewed journal articles.

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