General Effects of High Hydrostatic Pressures in Biological Systems
The effects of high hydrostatic pressure in biological systems have been mainly investigated from the following perspectives: (1) structural perturbation of macromolecules such as proteins and lipids, and kinetic analysis of biochemical reactions; (2) microbial adaptation to high pressure in mesophiles and piezophiles; and (3) inactivation of food-spoiling microbes, and applications in nonthermal food processing. During the past decades, an increasing number of innovative high-pressure studies on biological processes have been performed by applying advanced techniques of genetics and molecular biology in bacteria and yeasts as model organisms (Horikoshi 1998; Abe et al. 1999; Abe and Horikoshi 2001; Bartlett 2002; Abe 2004, 2007a; Aertsen et al. 2009). Recent studies in this field have revealed the potential of a broad range of microbes to adapt and develop resistance to increasing hydrostatic pressure and have shown...
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Abe, F. (2011). High Pressures and Eukaryotes. In: Horikoshi, K. (eds) Extremophiles Handbook. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53898-1_32
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