Olga I. Baulina

Ultrastructural Plasticity of Cyanobacteria

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the cell biology of cyanobacteria, a group of phototrophic microorganisms performing an important function in the biosphere. The chapters present the author's and her colleagues' pioneering investigations of the ultrastructure of cyanobacteria under high-light and dark conditions, during irradiation by extremely high fluxes of light, in the course of L-transformation and within model associations and natural symbioses with plants. Diverse patterns of ultrastructural change are illustrated in electron micrographs and schematics. The book further introduces a new concept of "bacterial ultrastructural plasticity" - the reversible rearrangement of ultrastructure in response to environmental changes, as a strategy for finding and investigating cell adaptation mechanisms and intraspecies structural diversity of cyanobacteria and other prokaryotes. It serves as a valuable guide for teaching and research in the field of cell biology of microorganisms and plant-cyanobacteria symbioses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nauchnyy mir, Moscow, Russia / Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Originaltitel: Ultrastructural Plasticity of Cyanobacteria
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-32780-3
• 2012
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9783642327803
• ISBN-10: 364232780X
• Artikelnr.: 36144541

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Ultrastructural Plasticity of Cyanobacteria under Dark and Light Intensity Conditions.- Ultrastructural Plasticity of Cyanobacteria During Enzymatic Induction of L-Transformation.- Ultrastructural Plasticity of Cyanobacteria in Model Associaations with Plant Partners.- Ultrastructural Plasticity of Cyanobacteria in Natural Symbioses with Plants. Conclusion.