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Extremophiles: Where it All Began

Biography / Memoir
By: Koki Horikoshi(Author)
150 pages, 56 colour & 68 b/w illustrations, 7 tables
Publisher: Springer Nature
Extremophiles: Where it All Began
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About this book

Koki Horikoshi – discoverer of the alkaliphiles, microbes that thrive in alkaline environments – describes in his autobiography how the research on extremophiles started and developed. He is a pioneer in the study of these microorganisms that thrive in extreme conditions, and in his book he opens a new vista of the microbial world, pushing the field to expand from the surface of the Earth to the subsurface, to the deep sea and outer space.

All major developments in extremophiles research are covered, stretching back to the historical use of microbes in mixed fermentation, indigo dyeing and the pasteurisation of sake. Events in Horikoshi's life provide many valuable insights into the life of a budding scientist, inspired by the Renaissance culture of Florence that led him to the discovery of the alkaliphiles. Our daily lives have been greatly affected by Horikoshi's research, such as the extensive screening he conducted for enzymes produced by alkaliphiles, now applied in many industries from biological laundry detergents to pharmaceutics. Extremophiles: Where it All Began also reflects on numerous milestone events and people who contributed to the establishment of this field, including colleagues from all over the world.

Extremophiles: Where it All Began is a good read for all microbiologists, encouraging readers to reach out to new worlds and discoveries. It will be treasured by all those interested in a life of a real pioneer.

Contents

1 Prologue
2 Earlier Microbiology
3 The University of Tokyo and Purdue University
4 Alkaliphiles
5 The Ingham Family and Biosciences
6 Superbugs project
7 Medal Lecture at the Royal Society
8 JAMSTEC Deep Star
9 Samples From 10 898 Meters Beneath the Pacific Ocean
10 His Majesty the Emperor and the Deep Sea
11 New Scientific Journal Extremophiles and the International Society of Extremophiles
12 My Lifelong Friend Hubert Gottschling
13 Epilogue

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Biography

Koki Horikoshi is the founder of the international research journal Extremophiles and the International Society of Extremophiles. He was the first person in the world to isolate alkaliphiles and received many awards for his scientific work, including the Purple Medal (1987), the Gold Medal from the UK's International Biotechnology Society (1991), the Honda Prize (1992) and the Japan Academy Prize (2006).

Biography / Memoir
By: Koki Horikoshi(Author)
150 pages, 56 colour & 68 b/w illustrations, 7 tables
Publisher: Springer Nature
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