The Effects of Low Temperature on Biological Systems

by Edited by B. W. W. Grout , G. J. Morris

• ISBN13: 9780521105767
• ISBN10: 0521105765
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-19
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

First published in 1987, The Effects of Low Temperatures on Biological Systems takes a broad view of the interactions of low temperatures with biological conditions. The topics covered range from molecular effects to whole organism behaviour and include practical applications in medicine, agriculture and the food industry. This integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to cryobiology presents a wide spectrum of topics linked by theory and interpretation, provides a unified concept of the subject and may stimulate fruitful pathways for further thought and research. The expert contributors to this book were chosen by the editors to represent an integrated science of cryobiology.

Table of Contents

Fundamental principles

Physicochemical principles in low temperature biology

Cells at low temperatures

Direct chilling injury

Freezing and cellular organization

Techniques

Low temperature and biological electron microscopy

Temperature-controlled cryogenic light microscopy - an introduction to cryomicroscopy

Environmental low temperature biology

Chilling injury in plants

Higher plants at freezing temperatures

The adaptation of aquatic animals to low temperatures

Mammalian hibernation

Applications

The low temperature preservation of plant cell, tissue and organ cultures and seed for genetic conservation and improved agricultural practice

The preservation of organisms responsible for parasitic diseases

Low temperature preservation in medicine and veterinary science

Cryotherapy

The freezing of food tissues

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