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Anoxia

Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Alexander V. Altenbach

    1. , Dept. for Earth and Environmental Resear, Ludwig-maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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  2. Joan M. Bernhard

    1. , Geology & Geophysics Department, Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

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  3. Joseph Seckbach

    1. Jerusalem, The Hebrew University Of, Efrat, Israel

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  • Reveals eukaryotic strategies in anoxic environments
  • Includes cutting-edge research, data and hypotheses never before published
  • Offers also fundamental introductions, overviews and an exhaustive collection of literature for advanced studies

Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE, volume 21)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. General Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  4. Functional Biochemistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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  5. FUNCTIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY

    1. The Biochemical Adaptations of Mitochondrion-Related Organelles of Parasitic and Free-Living Microbial Eukaryotes to Low Oxygen Environments

      • Anastasios D. Tsaousis, Michelle M. Leger, Courtney A. W. Stairs, Andrew J. Roger
      Pages 51-81

    2. Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondrial Adaptations to Life in Anaerobic Environments

      • Rob M. De Graaf, Johannes H. P. Hackstein
      Pages 83-112

    3. Adapting to Hypoxia: Lessons from Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

      • Nina S. Levy, Andrew P. Levy
      Pages 113-128

  6. Managing Anoxia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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  7. MANAGING ANOXIA

    1. Magnetotactic Protists at the Oxic–Anoxic Transition Zones of Coastal Aquatic Environments

      • Dennis A. Bazylinski, Christopher T. Lefèvre, Richard B. Frankel
      Pages 131-143

    2. A Novel Ciliate (Ciliophora: Hypotrichida) Isolated from Bathyal Anoxic Sediments

      • David J. Beaudoin, Joan M. Bernhard, Virginia P. Edgcomb
      Pages 145-154

    3. The Wood-Eating Termite Hindgut: Diverse Cellular Symbioses in a Microoxic to Anoxic Environment

      • Michael F. Dolan
      Pages 155-166

    4. Ecological and Experimental Exposure of Insects to Anoxia Reveals Surprising Tolerance

      • William Wyatt Hoback
      Pages 167-188

    5. The Unusual Response of Encysted Embryos of the Animal Extremophile, Artemia franciscana, to Prolonged Anoxia

      • James S. Clegg
      Pages 189-203

    6. Survival of Tardigrades in Extreme Environments: A Model Animal for Astrobiology

      • Daiki D. Horikawa
      Pages 205-217

    7. Long-Term Anoxia Tolerance in Flowering Plants

      • Robert M. M. Crawford
      Pages 219-246

  8. Foraminifera

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 247-247
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ANOXIA defines the lack of free molecular oxygen in an environment. In the presence of organic matter, anaerobic prokaryotes produce compounds such as free radicals, hydrogen sulfide, or methane that are typically toxic to aerobes. The concomitance of suppressed respiration and presence of toxic substances suggests these habitats are inhospitable to Eukaryota. Ecologists sometimes term such environments 'Death Zones'. This book presents, however, a collection of remarkable adaptations to anoxia, observed in Eukaryotes such as protists, animals, plants and fungi. Case studies provide evidence for controlled beneficial use of anoxia by, for example, modification of free radicals, use of alternative electron donors for anaerobic metabolic pathways, and employment of anaerobic symbionts. The complex, interwoven existence of oxic and anoxic conditions in space and time is also highlighted as is the idea that eukaryotic inhabitation of anoxic habitats was established early in Earth history.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Dept. for Earth and Environmental Resear, Ludwig-maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

    Alexander V. Altenbach

  • , Geology & Geophysics Department, Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

    Joan M. Bernhard

  • Jerusalem, The Hebrew University Of, Efrat, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

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