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050 00 QR100.9|b.P67 1994 
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100 1  Postgate, J. R.|q(John Raymond) 
245 14 The outer reaches of life /|cJohn Postgate. 
250    1st ed. 
260    Cambridge [England] ;|aNew York, NY, USA :|bCambridge 
       University Press,|c1994. 
300    ix, 276 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 0  Microbes and terrestrial life -- Some like it hot -- Cool,
       man, cool -- Big squeeze -- Salty tale -- Corrosive and 
       slippery places -- Life without oxygen -- Living on 
       minerals -- Exotic menus -- Of wraiths and ghosts -- 
       Inertness of nitrogen -- Getting about -- Microsenses -- 
       Private space -- Company -- Immortality and the big sleep 
       -- Self-adjustment -- Life's outer reaches. 
520    Since the dawn of life on Earth, the world has been 
       gradually transformed by living things into a comfortable 
       home for plants, animals and ourselves. But many harsh and
       seemingly inhospitable places remain, and it is the 
       inhabitants of such places, mainly invisible microbes, 
       that reveal the remarkable potential and resilience of 
       life itself. How do microbes survive, even flourish, in 
       superheated water or supercooled brine; at enormous 
       pressures; without air; amid poisons? And what part do, 
       and did, they all play in making the Earth hospitable? 
520 8  In this fascinating account, for lay readers, John 
       Postgate, one of Britain's leading microbiologists, tells 
       of the diverse adjustments microbes have made to 
       apparently impossible habitats. Modern understanding 
       provides new clues to the origin and evolution of 
       terrestrial life, offers glimpses of how life might have 
       established itself elsewhere in the universe, and raises 
       profound questions about death, sensation and 
       individuality - as well as illustrating the often muddled 
       pathways of scientific progress. 
583 1  Legacy|c2018|5UoY 
650  0 Extreme environments|xMicrobiology. 
650  7 Extreme environments|xMicrobiology.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00919063 
650  7 Microorganismos (biologia e fisiologia)|2larpcal 
650 12 Environmental Microbiology.|0(DNLM)D004783 
650 17 Extremofielen.|2gtt 
653 0  Microorganisms 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/
       cam029/93011579.html 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/
       9780521440103.pdf 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/
       description/cam025/93011579.html 
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