Biochemistry and physiology of anaerobic bacteria explores the full range of these microorganisms many anaerobes have been found to have the uniquely fascinating quality of being able to survive indeed even thrive in extreme environments anaerobic bacteria often do not require oxygen can survive extremes in temperature and can withstand the presence of toxins and heavy metals in addition these organisms have very different metabolic processes than conventional microorganisms the . Biochemistry and physiology of anaerobic bacteria explores the full range of these microorganisms many anaerobes have been found to have the uniquely fascinating quality of being able to survive indeed even thrive in extreme environments anaerobic bacteria often do not require oxygen can survive extremes in temperature and can withstand the presence of toxins and heavy metals in . Biochemistry and physiology of anaerobic bacteria explores the full range of these microorganisms many anaerobes have been found to have the uniquely fascinating quality of being able to survive indeed even thrive in extreme environments anaerobic bacteria often do not require oxygen can survive extremes in temperature and can withstand the presence of toxins and heavy metals in addition these organisms have very different metabolic processes than conventional microorganisms the . Seeming sometimes more like science fiction than science anaerobic bacteria have been at the center of a number of exciting new discoveries this volume discusses and explains the diversity of metabolism modes of protein transport molecular biology and physiology of these unusual microbes