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This book aims to bring together a wide variety of topics ranging from the abiotic and biological factors that shape arid soil environments and the development of initial soils. The book considers different levels of biological organization, the movement of nutrients through these systems, and how these soils will respond to a changing climate.

This book provides a broad overview how extremophiles can be used in biotechnology, including for the production and degradation of compounds. It reviews various recent discoveries and applications related to a large variety of extremophiles, considering not only prokaryotes, but also eukaryotes and viruses.

This book will highlight advanced techniques used for studying microorganisms in extreme environments. Recent technological leaps in the study of microorganisms in the environment now make it possible to comprehensively study microbes in the environment. Extreme environments could benefit from the application of these techniques, but many challenges such as low biomass, low activity and slow growth has prevented their wide adoption.