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MODERN TOPICS IN THE PHOTOTROPHIC PROKARYOTES G...

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 nutraceuticals. The book is recommended to advanced students
and scientists dealing with life sciences  especially in genetics  microbiology and molecular
biology.

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