The Biology of Blue-green Algae

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N. G. Carr, Brian A. Whitton
University of California Press, 1973 - Science - 676 pages
 

Contents

Metabolic Control and Autotrophic Physiology
39
Arrangement and Structure of Thylakoids
66
Photosynthetic Reactions and Components of Thylakoids
80
Fine Structure and Chemical Composition of the Cell Envelopes
99
Cytochemical Examination
117
Lipid Composition and Metabolism
144
Biliproteins and Bile Pigments
162
Structure and Function of Nucleic Acids
186
Gas Vacuoles
340
Freshwater Plankton
353
Physiology and Ecology of Marine BlueGreen Algae
368
Ecology of BlueGreen Algae in Hot Springs
379
Interactions with Other Organisms
415
The Relationship between BlueGreen Algae and Carbonate
434
Status of Classical Taxonomy
473
Prospects for Taxonomic Developments
482

Mutagenesis and Genetic Recombination
201
Phycoviruses
214
The Heterocyst
238
Nitrogen Fixation
260
Photomorphogenesis and Nostocacean Development
279
Movements
320
Autotrophy and Heterotrophy in Unicellular BlueGreen Algae
501
Appendix B Notes on Isolation and Laboratory Culture
525
Continuous Culture of Filamentous BlueGreen Algae
531
References
540
Organism Index 6555
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