Abstract
Life in the terrestrial and marine subsurface has adapted and evolved mechanisms to survive under extremes of energy limitation, temperature, pressure, radiation, and/or water availability. New developments in nucleic acid sequencing, high-pressure biochemistry, and high-pressure biophysics have expanded our understanding of the mechanisms used by deep life. This chapter synthesizes these new developments and highlights remaining gaps in understanding.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Deep Carbon |
| Subtitle of host publication | Past to Present |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 556-584 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108677950 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781108477499 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Cambridge University Press 2020.
Keywords
- Adaptation
- Bioenergetics
- Biophysics
- Extreme pressure
- Genomics
- Heterologous protein expression
- Metabolism
- Piezophile
- Subsurface
