Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. High Hydrostatic Pressure Effects in the Biosphere: from Molecules to Microbiology -- 2. Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure on Viruses -- 3. Effects of High Pressure on Bacterial Spores -- 4. Inactivation of Escherichia coli by High Pressure -- 5. Cellular Impact of Sublethal Pressures on Escherichia coli -- 6. Listeria monocytogenes High Hydrostatic Pressure Resistance and Survival Strategies -- 7. Effects of Pressure on Lactic Acid Bacteria -- 8. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Response to High Hydrostatic Pressure -- 9. Effects of Growth-Permissive Pressures on the Physiology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae -- 10. Factors Affecting Inactivation of Food-Borne Bacteria by High Pressure -- 11. Introduction to Deep-Sea Microbiology -- 12. Isolation, Cultivation, and Diversity of Deep-Sea Piezophiles -- 13. Culture-Independent Characterization of Microbial Diversity in Selected Deep-Sea Sediments -- 14. Deep-Sea Geomicrobiology -- 15. Deep-Sea Fungi -- 16. Physiology and Biochemistry of Methanocaldococcus jannaschii at Elevated Pressures -- 17. Molecular Biology of the Model Piezophile, Shewanella violacea DSS12 -- 18. Adaptations of the Psychrotolerant Piezophile Photobacterium profundum Strain SS9 -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.