Microbiomes of Extreme Environments

The extreme microbiomes are those microorganisms thriving under extreme conditions where no other living being will have any chance to survive. The extreme habitats are those presenting high temperatures (thermophiles), low temperature (psychrophiles), hypersaline environments (halophiles), low and high pH (Acidophiles/alkaliphiles), high pressure (Piezophiles) distributes worldwide. The extreme habitats have proved to offer a unique reservoir of genetic diversity and biological source of extremophiles.The extremophilic microbial diversity and their biotechnological potential use in agricultural and industrial applications will be a milestone for future needs. The extremophilic microbes and bioactive compounds produced by extremophilic microbes will beserving as potentials products for sustainable agriculture and environments. The enzymes for extremophilic microbes could be applicable for different industrial processes. The study of extremophiles also helps to understands diversity and microbial ecology, microbe-environment interactions, adaptation and evolution, element cycling under the extreme ecosystems. Besides, the extreme nature of those interactions and the physiological capabilities developed in the extremophiles are attracting the attention of agriculture and industrial applications--