Front Cover; Advances in Applied Microbiology, Volume 10; Copyright Page; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Detection of life in Soil on Earth and Other Planets. Introductory Remarks; Chapter 2. For What Shall We Search?; Chapter 3. Relevance of Soil Microbiology to Search for Life on Other Planets; Chapter 4. Experiments and Instrumentation for Extraterrestrial Life Detection; Chapter 5. Halophilic Bacteria; Chapter 6. Applied Significance of Polyvalent Bacteriophages; Chapter 7. Proteins and Enzymes as Taxonomic Tools; Chapter 8. Mycotoxins.