Overview
- The book deals with in-depth analysis of the ultrastructure of cyanobacteria, a group of phototrophic microorganisms performing a key function in the biosphere’s evolution, highly tolerant to environmental changes
- Presents the original concept of 'bacterial ultrastructural plasticity' as a new strategy for research of the adaptability and intraspecies structural diversity of cyanobacteria and other prokaryotes
- Richly illustrated
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ultrastructural Plasticity of Cyanobacteria
Authors: Olga I. Baulina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32781-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32780-3Published: 27 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42966-8Published: 09 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32781-0Published: 28 October 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 204
Topics: Microbiology, Plant Physiology, Cell Biology