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880-01 Part I: Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Diversity; Diversity of the Cyanobacteria; Introduction; How to Distinguish Cyanobacteria?; Morphology; Photosynthesis; Phylogeny; Challenges of Modern Cyanobacterial Taxonomy; Synechococcales; Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus; Leptolyngbya; Pseudanabaena; Synechocystis; Merismopedia; Acaryochloris marina; Chamaesiphon; Chroococcales; Microcystis; Aphanothece sensu lato; Gloeothece; Chroococcus; Gloeocapsa; Peculiar Chroococcales with No Sequence Data; Chroococcidiopsidales; Pleurocapsales; Oscillatoriales.

A Panoply of Phototrophs: An Overview of the Thermophilic Chlorophototrophs of the Microbial Mats of Alkaline Siliceous Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA Introduction; Introduction to Mushroom Spring and Octopus Spring in Yellowstone National Park; The Chlorophototrophs in Mats of MS and OS; Oxygenic Chlorophototrophs: Cyanobacteria; Synechococcus spp.; Less Abundant and Unidentified Cyanobacteria; Filamentous Anoxygenic Chlorophototrophic Members of the Phylum Chloroflexi ; Roseiflexus sp. RS-1; Chloroflexus sp. MS-G.

Conclusions and Future ProspectsReferences; Diversity of Anaerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Purple Bacteria; Introduction; A Short Historical Review on Systematic Studies of Phototrophic Purple Bacteria; The Diversity of Phototrophic Purple Bacteria; The Cultured Diversity of Phototrophic Purple Bacteria; The Biodiversity of Environmental Communities of Purple Bacteria; Functional Gene Studies; Selected Habitats of Phototrophic Purple Bacteria; Sippewissett Salt Marsh, MA, USA; Lake Cadagno, Switzerland; Baltic Sea Coastal Lagoon, Germany; Conclusions; References.

Geitlerinema sensu lato Microcoleus and Phormidium; Planktothrix; Komvophoron; Oscillatoria; Lyngbya; Symplocastrum; Spirulinales; Nostocales; Type of Cell Division; Ultrastructural Features; Heterocytes and Akinetes; Modern Systematic Scheme; Familial Designations; Aphanizomenonaceae; Dapisostemonaceae; Scytonemataceae; Symphyonemataceae; Rivulariaceae; Chlorogloeopsidaceae; Hapalosiphonaceae; Stigonemataceae; Godleyaceae; Tolypothrichaceae; Capsosiraceae; Gloeotrichiaceae; Nostocaceae; The Dark Matter of Cyanobacterial Diversity; Additional Information.

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.