The purple phototrophic bacteria / edited by C. Neil Hunter ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunter, C. Neil, 1954-

Series:

Advances in photosynthesis and respiration ; v. 28.

Advances in photosynthesis and respiration ; v. 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photosynthetic bacteria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1064 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2009.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Purple Phototrophic Bacteria is a comprehensive survey of all aspects of these fascinating bacteria, the metabolically most versatile organisms on Earth. This volume is organized into the following sections: Physiology, Evolution and Ecology; Biosynthesis of Pigments, Cofactors and Lipids; Antenna Complexes: Structure, Function and Organization; Reaction Center Structure and Function; Cyclic Electron Transfer Components and Energy Coupling Reactions; Metabolic Processes; Genomics, Regulation and Signaling; and New Applications and Techniques. This book is a compilation of 48 authoritative chapters, written by leading experts who highlight the huge progress made in spectroscopic, structural and genetic studies of these bacteria since 1995, when the last book on this topic was published i.e.Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria, Volume 2 in the Series, edited by Robert E. Blankenship, Michael T. Madigan and Carl E. Bauer. This new volume is similarly intended to be the definitive text on these bacteria for many years to come, and it will be a valuable resource for experienced researchers, doctoral & masters students, as well as advanced undergraduates in the fields of ecology, microbiology, biochemistry, biophysics, integrative biology, and molecular & cell biology. Scientists interested in future applications of these bacteria which could harness their potential for nanotechnology, solar energy research, bioremediation, or as cell factories, will also find this book useful.

Contents:

Physiology, Ecology and Evolution

An Overview of Purple Bacteria: Systematics, Physiology, and Habitats

Evolutionary Relationships Among Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria and the Origin of Proteobacterial Photosynthetic Systems

New Light on Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs

Molecular Structure and Biosynthesis of Pigments and Cofactors

Biosynthesis of Bacteriochlorophylls in Purple Bacteria

Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Biosynthesis in the Purple Bacteria

Distribution and Biosynthesis of Carotenoids

Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis in Purple Bacteria

Antenna Complexes: Structure, Function and Organization

Peripheral Complexes of Purple Bacteria

Reaction Center-Light-Harvesting Core Complexes of Purple Bacteria

Structure-Function Relationships in Bacterial Light-Harvesting Complexes Investigated by Reconstitution Techniques

Spectroscopic Properties of Antenna Complexes from Purple Bacteria

Energy Transfer from Carotenoids to Bacteriochlorophylls

Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Excitation Transfer and Trapping in Purple Bacteria

Organization and Assembly of Light-Harvesting Complexes in the Purple Bacterial Membrane

From Atomic-Level Structure to Supramolecular Organization in the Photosynthetic Unit of Purple Bacteria

Reaction Center Structure and Function

Structural Plasticity of Reaction Centers from Purple Bacteria

Structure and Function of the Cytochrome c 2:Reaction Center Complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Directed Modification of Reaction Centers from Purple Bacteria

Mechanism of Charge Separation in Purple Bacterial Reaction Centers

The Acceptor Quinones of Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria — Structure and Spectroscopy

Cyclic Electron Transfer Components and Energy Coupling Reactions

Biogenesis of c-type Cytochromes and Cytochrome Complexes

Structural and Mutational Studies of the Cytochrome bc 1 Complex

The Cytochrome bc 1 and Related bc Complexes: The Rieske/Cytochrome b Complex as the Functional Core of a Central Electron/Proton Transfer Complex

Proton Translocation and ATP Synthesis by the FoF1-ATPase of Purple Bacteria

Proton-Translocating Transhydrogenase in Photosynthetic Bacteria

Functional Coupling Between Reaction Centers and Cytochrome bc 1 Complexes

Metabolic Processes

Respiration and Respiratory Complexes

Carbon Dioxide Metabolism and its Regulation in Nonsulfur Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria

Degradation of Aromatic Compounds by Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria

Metabolism of Inorganic Sulfur Compounds in Purple Bacteria

Dissimilatory and Assimilatory Nitrate Reduction in the Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria

Swimming and Behavior in Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria

Metals and Metalloids in Photosynthetic Bacteria: Interactions, Resistance and Putative Homeostasis Revealed by Genome Analysis

Genomics, Regulation and Signaling

Purple Bacterial Genomics

Regulation of Gene Expression in Response to Oxygen Tension

Regulation of Genes by Light

Regulation of Hydrogenase Gene Expression

Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation

Regulation of the Tetrapyrrole Biosynthetic Pathway

Bacteriophytochromes Control Photosynthesis in Rhodopseudomonas palustris

Photoreceptor Proteins from Purple Bacteria

New Applications and Techniques

Foreign Gene Expression in Photosynthetic Bacteria

Assembly of Bacterial Light-Harvesting Complexes on Solid Substrates

Optical Spectroscopy of Individual Light-Harvesting Complexes from Purple Bacteria

De novo Designed Bacteriochlorophyll-Binding Helix-Bundle Proteins

Design and Assembly of Functional Light-Harvesting Complexes

The Supramolecular Assembly of the Photosynthetic Apparatus of Purple Bacteria Investigated by High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy

Protein Environments and Electron Transfer Processes Probed with High-Frequency ENDOR.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-4020-8815-9

OCLC:

304494953