Introduction

Very few books on photosynthetic bacteria have been published over the last 25 years and particularly not for young researchers and those working at the margins of interdisciplinary fields. This book addresses those issues.

Content Overview

Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria is highly structured and contains detailed cross referencing of subjects. It covers important areas including photosynthesis and photosynthetic bacteria; systematics and characteristics 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 photosynthetic bacteria.

Features

- 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