Survival strategies in extreme cold and desiccation : adaptation mechanisms and their applications /

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Imprint:Singapore : Springer, [2018]
©2018
Description:1 online resource (x, 409 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2214-8019 ; volume 1081
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 1081.
Subject:Cryobiology.
Anhydrobiosis.
Cold adaptation.
Cold Temperature.
Desiccation.
Cryobiology -- methods.
Adaptation, Physiological.
Acclimatization -- physiology.
Plant physiology.
Biomedical engineering.
Cellular biology (cytology)
Food & beverage technology.
Microbiology (non-medical)
Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
Medical -- Allied Health Services -- Medical Technology.
Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Molecular Biology.
Technology & Engineering -- Food Science.
Science -- Biotechnology.
Science -- Life Sciences -- Cytology.
Anhydrobiosis.
Cold adaptation.
Cryobiology.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11718212
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Other authors / contributors:Iwaya-Inoue, Mari, editor.
Sakurai, Minoru, editor.
Uemura, M. (Matsuo), editor.
ISBN:9789811312441
9811312443
9789811312458
9811312451
9789811312434
9811312435
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from electronic title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 11, 2018).
Summary:"This book comprehensively describes biological phenomena, adaptation mechanisms, and strategies of living organisms to survive under extremely cold or desiccated conditions at molecular, cellular, and organ levels. It also provides tremendous potential for applications of the findings to a wide variety of industries. The volume consists of three parts: Part 1, Adaptation Mechanisms of Cold, and Part 2, Adaptation Mechanisms of Desiccation, collect up-to-date research on mechanisms and strategies of living organisms such as sleeping chironomids, polar marine fishes, hibernating mammals, bryophytes, dormant seeds, and boreal plants to survive under extreme cold and desiccated conditions at molecular, cellular, and organ levels. Part 3, Application Technologies from Laboratory to Society, covers various applications to a wide variety of industries such as the medical, food, and agricultural and life science industries. For example, biological knowledge of how plants and animals survive under cold, drought, and desiccated conditions may provide a hint on how we can improve crop production in a very fragile environment in global climate change. Unique molecules that protect cells during desiccation and freezing such as trehalose and antifreeze protein (AFP) have potential for use to preserve cells, tissues, and organs for the long term under very stable conditions. In addition, the current progress of supercooling technology of cells may lead us to solve problems of cellular high sensitivity to freezing injury, which will dramatically improve the usability of these cells. Furthermore, knowledge of water substitution and glass formation as major mechanisms for formulation designs and new drying technologies will contribute to the development of food preservation and drug delivery systems under dry conditions. Written by contributors who have been conducting cutting-edge science in related fields, this title is recommended to a wide variety of readers who are interested in learning from such organisms their strategies, mechanisms, and applications, and it will inspire researchers in various disciplines"--Publisher's description.
Other form:Print version: Survival strategies in extreme cold and desiccation. Singapore : Springer, [2018] 9811312435 9789811312434
Standard no.:10.1007/978-981-13-1244-1
10.1007/978-981-13-1