Recent Advances in Acidophile Microbiology: Fundamentals and Applications

• Main Author: Axel Schippers (auth)
• Other Authors: D. Barrie Johnson (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); extremophiles; Genomics; acidophiles; Biochemistry; Biodiversity; biogeochemistry; Acidithiobacillus
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There is considerable interest in pure and applied studies of extremophilic microorganisms, including those (acidophiles) that are active in low pH environments. As elsewhere in microbiology, this is a fast-developing field, and the proposed special issue of Frontiers highlights many of the more rec...