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This book offers authoritative contributions by world experts actively working on different aspects of phototrophic prokaryotes. Providing up-to-date information in this rapidly advancing field, it covers the range of topics that are currently the focus of research with this group of organisms. As essentially single-celled organisms, phototrophic prokaryotes process many environmental signals and use this information to optimize their metabolism, growth rate, DNA replication and cell division. Phototrophic prokaryotes are collectively of great interest for a number of different fundamental and applied perspectives and have long served as models for understanding such basic fundamental biological processes as photosynthesis and respiration. On an ecological/environmental level they are extremely important, being the most abundant photosynthetic organisms on earth and responsible for the majority of the primary productivity in the oceans. They also hold great promise as biotechnological catalysts, being able to couple solar energy conversion through photosynthesis and carbon fixation to the production of biofuels, commodity chemicals and neutraceuticals. The book is recommended to advanced students and scientists dealing with life sciences, especially in genetics, microbiology and molecular biology.

Prokaryotes. --- Photosynthetic bacteria. --- Bacteria, Photosynthetic --- Bacteria, Phototrophic --- Phototrophic bacteria --- Monera --- Procaryotae --- Procaryotes --- Prokaryonta --- Prokaryotae --- Prokaryotic protists --- Life sciences. --- Environmental sciences. --- Microbial genetics. --- Microbial genomics. --- Plant genetics. --- Life Sciences. --- Microbial Genetics and Genomics. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- Environmental Science and Engineering. --- Bacteria --- Microorganisms --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Plants --- Genetics --- Genomics --- Microbial genetics --- Microbiology --- Environmental science --- Science

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Chlorophylls are the most obvious natural pigments on Earth where they can be observed even from satellites in outer space: they also sustain life on Earth through their involvement in photosynthesis. With 37 authoritative chapters, this book reviews recent progress and current status of studies on the chemistry, metabolism and spectroscopy of chlorophylls, bacteriochlorophylls and their protein complexes. Also discussed is progress on the applications of the chlorophylls as photosensitizers in photodynamic therapy of cancerous tumours, and as molecular probes in biochemistry, medicine, plant physiology, ecology and geochemistry. This book summarizes the chemical, physical, biological and medical aspects of chlorophyll (and bacteriochlorophyll) research and development, with a focus on the tremendous progress achieved over the past 15 years. Each section has an up-to-date introductory overview which is followed by a series of concise well-focused and fully-referenced chapters written by experts in (bio)chemistry, (bio)physics, photobiology and photomedicine.

Bacterial pigments. --- Biochemistry. --- Biophysics. --- Chlorophyll. --- Photosynthetic bacteria. --- Photosynthetic pigments. --- Biological physics --- Biology --- Medical sciences --- Physics --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Composition --- Pigments (Biology) --- Bacteria, Photosynthetic --- Bacteria, Phototrophic --- Phototrophic bacteria --- Bacteria --- Chloroplast pigments --- Photosynthetic pigments --- Plant photoreceptors --- Porphyrins --- Tetrapyrroles --- Microbial pigments --- Chlorophylls --- Plant protein --- chemical structure --- Spectrometry --- plants --- Photosynthesis --- physiological functions --- Botany. --- Plant physiology. --- Aquatic biology. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Physiology. --- Biochemistry, general. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Botany --- Plants --- Physiology --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plant science. --- Plant biochemistry. --- Biological physics. --- Aquatic ecology . --- Aquatic biology --- Ecology --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Floristic botany