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Bacteria in Nature Volume 1: Bacterial Activities in Perspective

Any branch of biology depends for its progress on the development of new concepts and to a lesser, but sometimes crucial, extent on the elimination of erroneous notions. Understanding the roles of bacteria required first the observation that such minute creatures existed, and subsequently the exper­...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Leadbetter, Edward R. (Editor), Poindexter, Jeanne S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1985, 1985
Edition:1st ed. 1985
Series:Bacteria in Nature
Subjects:
Animal Anatomy
Microbial Ecology
Anatomy, Comparative
Botany
Medical Microbiology
Plant Science
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 5 Oxygenic Photosynthesis in Prokaryotes
  • From Blue-Green Algae to Cyanobacteria
  • Discovery of the Role of Photosynthetic Pigments and Electron Carriers in Cyanobacteria
  • Photosynthetic Structures in Cyanobacteria
  • Nutritional Adaptations in the Photosynthetic Apparatus
  • Facultative Anoxygenic Photosynthesis
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 6 Consumption of Atmospheric Nitrogen
  • Early Observations
  • Advances Prior to 1940
  • Advent of Isotopic Techniques
  • Advent of the Acetylene Reduction Technique
  • Current Perspectives and Future Prospects
  • References
  • 7 The Position of Bacteria and Their Products in Food Webs
  • Concepts
  • Bacterial Interactions in Food Webs
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 8 A Comparison of the Roles of Bacteria and Fungi
  • Significance of Growth Habit
  • Physiological Aspects
  • Some Important Microbial Ecosystems
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 1 The Scientific Study of Bacteria, 1780–1980
  • How Were the Activities of Bacteria Recognized?
  • The Process of Fermentation
  • The Growth of Medical Bacteriology
  • Bacteria and the Natural Cycles
  • Chemical Transformations Carried Out by Bacteria
  • Levels of Understanding
  • Present and Future
  • References
  • 2 Anaerobic Biotransformations of Organic Matter
  • Abiotic Transformations
  • The Advent of Dioxygen
  • Human Appreciation of Anaerobiosis
  • Pasteur’s Great Contributions
  • Development of Biochemistry in Relation to Anaerobic Transformations
  • Types of Fermentation of Carbohydrates
  • Development of Anaerobic Methods
  • Categories of Organismic Relationships to Dioxygen
  • Methanogenic Fermentations
  • Modern Anaerobic Habitats: The Alimentary Tracts of Animals
  • Modern Nonalimentary Anaerobic Habitats
  • Digestion of Plant Cell Walls
  • Transformations of Nitrogenous Materials
  • Ultimate Events in Anaerobic Transformations
  • Soluble Nutrients in Anaerobic Transformations
  • Leakage of Metabolites from Anaerobic Digesters of Wall Materials
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 The Mineralization of Organic Materials under Aerobic Conditions
  • History
  • The Bacteria
  • Stages of Mineralization
  • Pathway Structure
  • Genetic Organization
  • Prospects and Trends in Research
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 4 Stages in the Recognition of Bacteria Using Light as a Source of Energy
  • The Studies of Engelmann on the Responses of Green Algae and of Purple Bacteria to Light
  • Winogradsky’s Work on the Sulfur Bacteria
  • The Contribution of Molisch to the Knowledge of the Purple Bacteria
  • Progress in the Study of the Sulfur Bacteria
  • The Work of Buder with Purple Sulfur Bacteria
  • Van Niel’s Broadened Concept of Photosynthesis
  • Oxygenic and Anoxygenic Photosynthesis: Solutions to ClassicalProblems
  • Structure of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in Purple and Green Bacteria
  • Conclusion
  • References

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