The outer reaches of life /

Postgate, J. R.

The outer reaches of life / John Postgate. - 1st ed. - Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994. - ix, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

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.

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Extreme environments--Microbiology.

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