会议背景介绍：     On behalf of the local organizing committee, we cordially invite you to attend Thermophiles 2009, which will be held in Beijing, China, 16-21 August, 2009. It is the 10th conference of this series. Thermophiles 2009 will include topics that cover various aspects of thermophiles and provide a platform for participants from around the world to share their latest results, exchange their views on future directions in this exciting field and explore possibilities for collaboration. 

 
征文范围及要求： Topic: The conference will cover the following aspects of thermophiles listed below. Please choose one of these topics for your presentation and then delete all the others that you do not choose.
- Evolution and the origin of life
- Diversity and ecology
- Genomics and metagenomics
- Genetic mechanisms
- Physiology and metabolism
- Environmental adaptations
- Mobile genetic elements
- Applications