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Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria
- 1st Edition - March 22, 2024
- Editors: Keizo Shimada, Shinichi Takaichi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 9 8 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 9 8 3 - 1
Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria contains detailed cross referencing of subjects while covering important areas including photosynthesis and anoxygenic phototropic bacteria; system… Read more
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Request a sales quoteAnoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria contains detailed cross referencing of subjects while covering important areas including photosynthesis and anoxygenic phototropic bacteria; systematics and characteristic of each taxon; ecology and cultivation; photosynthetic electron transfer systems; metabolism; pigments and lipids; light-harvesting systems and reaction centers; photosynthetic genes and regulation of gene expression; origin and evolution of photosynthesis; and utilization of anoxygenic phototropic bacteria.
- Covers almost all scientific aspects of anoxygenic phototropic bacteria
- Includes cross-references with other chapters, helping readers easily understand the meaning and relationship of each chapter
- Provides comprehensive knowledge about anoxygenic phototropic bacteria to the readership
Postgraduates and researchers in the following fields: photosynthesis, bacterial physiology, microbial ecology, artificial photosynthesis, biophysics, biochemistry, industrial chemistry
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of authors and main contributions
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Photosynthesis and anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria
- 1.1. What is photosynthesis?
- 1.2. Respiration and photosynthesis
- 1.3. Respiration without O2, and photosynthesis without O2 evolution
- 1.4. What are anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria?
- 1.5. Photosynthetic reaction center and light-harvesting system
- 1.6. Significance of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in photosynthesis research
- 1.7. Values and advantages of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria as biological materials
- Chapter 2. Biodiversity and taxonomy
- 2.1. Introduction: History of taxonomy
- 2.2. Characterization, identification, and proposal of a new species
- 2.3. Purple bacteria (Pseudomonadota, previously Proteobacteria)
- 2.4. Green sulfur bacteria and relatives
- 2.5. Chloroflexus and relatives
- 2.6. Heliobacteria
- 2.7. Other anoxygenic phototrophs
- Chapter 3. Ecology and cultivation
- 3.1. Introduction to ecology
- 3.2. Purple and green sulfur bacteria
- 3.3. Purple nonsulfur bacteria
- 3.4. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria
- 3.5. Chloroflexus and related phototrophs
- 3.6. Heliobacteria
- 3.7. Other anoxygenic phototrophs
- 3.8. Cultivation and isolation methods
- 3.9. Isolation and preservation
- Chapter 4. Photosynthetic reaction center and electron transport system
- 4.1. Overview of photosynthetic electron transport systems
- 4.2. Electron transport systems in purple bacteria
- 4.3. Photosynthetic electron transfer system in Chloroflexus
- 4.4. Electron transfer systems in green sulfur bacteria
- 4.5. Photosynthetic electron transfer pathways in heliobacteria
- 4.6. Electron transfer systems in other anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria
- Chapter 5. Metabolism
- 5.1. Carbon assimilation (carbon fixation) pathways
- 5.2. Nitrogen metabolism
- 5.3. Oxidation of sulfur compounds
- 5.4. Genome information-based search for metabolic systems
- Chapter 6. Bacteriochlorophylls, carotenoids, lipids, and quinones
- 6.1. Bacteriochlorophylls
- 6.2. Carotenoids
- 6.3. Lipids and quinones
- Chapter 7. Light-harvesting systems
- 7.1. Membrane structure and light-harvesting systems
- 7.2. Light-harvesting complexes of purple bacteria
- 7.3. Light-harvesting system of green sulfur bacteria and chloroflexus
- 7.4. Excitation energy transfer
- 7.5. Structural analyses
- Chapter 8. Photosynthesis genes and expression control
- 8.1. Photosynthesis gene cluster
- 8.2. Expression control of photosynthesis genes
- Chapter 9. Origin and evolution of photosynthesis
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Types of extant phototrophs and questions about the evolution of photosynthesis
- 9.3. Birthplace of photosynthesis
- 9.4. Acquisition of pigment synthesis ability
- 9.5. Central metal in pigments
- 9.6. Origin and evolution of reaction centers: Three hypotheses
- 9.7. Transition of electron sources for photosynthesis
- 9.8. Photosynthetic gene cluster and its horizontal transfer
- Chapter 10. Industrial and environmental applications
- 10.1. Hydrogen production
- 10.2. Biodegradable polymers
- 10.3. Extracellular nucleic acid production
- 10.4. Wastewater treatment
- Appendix (Taxonomic assignment of AnP bacteria)
- Scientific name index
- Index
- No. of pages: 302
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 22, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443159824
- eBook ISBN: 9780443159831
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Keizo Shimada
is emeritus professor at the Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, 192-0397, Tokyo, Japan
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, Department of Biological Science, Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, JapanST
Shinichi Takaichi
is a professor at the Department of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan; he is the author of over 190 publications
Affiliations and expertise
Professor at the Department of Molecular Microbiology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka, Setagaya, Tokyo, JapanRead Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria on ScienceDirect