Biotechnological Applications of Cold-Adapted Organisms

Margesin, Rosa (editor); Schinner, Franz F. (editor)

ISBN 10: 3540649727 / ISBN 13: 9783540649724

Published by Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biotechnological Applications of Cold-Adapted Organisms
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540649727
• ISBN 13: 9783540649724
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Technical Biology

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Synopsis

There is an increasing interest of biotechnologists in the potential of cold-adapted organisms, since they play a major role in the processes of nutrient turnover and primary biomass production in cold ecosystems. Essential advantages of the application of such organisms are the rapid microbial metabolism at low temperatures, the low activation energy for enzymatic substrate hydrolysis and the low thermostability of enzymes from cold-adapted organisms. Benefits can also be deduced from the frost hardiness and frost resistance of cold-adapted plants and animals.