Enzymes from Extreme Environments

摘要: We now know life is possible under conditions that were once thought to preclude it. The existence of at very low pH, high salinity, and temperatures contradicts what be basic tenets biochemistry. It largely from environments such as these members a complete new kingdom organisms, the archaebacteria (Woese Fox 1977), have been isolated. Indeed, uttermost extremes salt concentration, temperature confined archaebacteria. designation belonging third has based on number fundamental properties (see Fewson 1986) including ribosomal RNA sequences (e. g., et al. 1980; Woese 1987).