Preface ......................................................... v
Editors ....................................................... vii
Contributors ................................................... ix
Chapter 1 Microbiology of Antarctic Terrestrial Soils and
Rocks ................................................ 1
Donald A. Cowan, Nuraan Khan, Caroline Heath, and
Moola Mutondo
Chapter 2 Archaeal Diversity in Antarctic Ecosystems .......... 31
Jackie Aislabie and John P. Bowman
Chapter 3 Bacterial Biodiversity of Antarctica: Conventional
Polyphasic and rRNA Approaches ...................... 61
Sisinthy Shivaji and G.S.N. Reddy
Chapter 4 L.I.F.E. in Antarctic Lakes ......................... 95
Birgit Sattler and Michael C. Storrie-Lombardi
Chapter 5 Psychrophilic and Psychrotolerant Microbial
Extremophiles in Polar Environments ................ 115
Richard B. Hoover and Elena V. Pikuta
Chapter 6 Cold Adaptation in Antarctic Biodegradative
Microorganisms ..................................... 157
Asim K. Bej and Nazia Mojib
Chapter 7 Possible Role of Bacteriophage-Mediated
Horizontal Gene Transfer on Microbial Adaptation
to Environmental Stressors in Polar Ecosystems ..... 179
Michael C. Storrie-Lombardi and Shannon J.
Williamson
Chapter 8 Sources of Organic Matter for the Archean
Cryosphere ......................................... 201
Perry A. Gerakines and Michael C. Storrie-Lombardi
Chapter 9 Response of Polar Soil Bacterial Communities to
Fuel Spills ........................................ 215
Jackie Aislabie and Julia M. Foght
Chapter 10 Microbial Degradation of Petroleum Compounds in
Cold Marine Water and Ice .......................... 231
Odd G. Brakstad, Andrew M. Booth, and Liv-Guri
Faksness
Chapter 11 Potential for Microbial Biodegradation of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Polar Environments .... 255
Angelina Lo Giudice, Vivia Bruni, and Luigi
Michaud
Chapter 12 Tolerance of Antarctic Soil Fungi to Hydrocarbons
and Their Potential Role in Soil Bioremediation .... 277
Kevin A. Hughes and Paul Bridge
Chapter 13 Do Fertilizers Help in Effective Bioremediation
of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Polar
Soils? ............................................. 301
Daniel Delille, Emilien Pelletier, and Frédéric
Coulon
Chapter 14 Bioremediation of Contaminated Sites in the
Canadian Arctic: Monitoring Performance and the
Effects of Biostimulation Using Molecular
Methods ............................................ 319
Charles W. Greer
Chapter 15 Occurrence, Distribution, and Nature of
Hydrocarbon-Degrading Genes in Biodegradative
Microorganisms from the Antarctic Environment ...... 339
Adriana Philippi Luz, Emanuele Kuhn, and Vivian
Helena Pellizari
Chapter 16 Potential Use of Real-Time PCR to Assess Changes
in the Microbial Population Structure and
Function during Bioremediation of Polar Soils ...... 357
Shane M. Powell
Chapter 17 Microbial Bioremediation in Polar Environments:
Current Status and Future Directions ............... 373
Ronald M. Atlas
Index ......................................................... 393
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