TY - BOOK ID - 94140562 TI - Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology AU - Timmis, Kenneth N AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2010 SN - 9783540775874 9783540775881 9783540775843 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg DB - UniCat KW - Genetics KW - General microbiology KW - General biochemistry KW - General ecology and biosociology KW - Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology KW - Environmental protection. Environmental technology KW - Biotechnology KW - toegepaste microbiologie KW - genomen (geneeskunde) KW - medische genetica KW - biochemie KW - microbiologie KW - genetica KW - biotechnologie KW - ecologie KW - milieutechnologie KW - Lipids KW - Petroleum KW - Microbiology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:94140562 AB - "Water is life!" All active cellular systems require water as the medium and solvent of their metabolic activities. Hydrophobic compounds and structures, which tend to exclude water, though providing inter alia excellent sources of energy and a means of biological compartmentalization, present problems of cellular handling, poor bioavailability and, in some cases, toxicity. Microbes both synthesize and exploit a vast range of hydrophobic organics, especially petroleum oil hydrocarbons and industrial pollutants, and the underlying interactions not only have major consequences for the lifestyles of the microbes involved, but also for biogeochemistry, climate change, environmental pollution, human health and a range of biotechnological applications. The aim of this handbook is to be the definitive resource of current knowledge on the diverse and multifaceted aspects of these interactions, the microbial players, and the physiological mechanisms and adaptive strategies characteristic of the microbial lifestyle that plays out at hydrophobic material: aqueous liquid interfaces. ER -