The Cell Biology of Cyanobacteria

336 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In this book, leading senior scientists and young researchers review the current key topics in cyanobacterial cell biology to provide a timely overview. Topics covered include: historical background; cell division; the cell envelope; the thylakoid membrane; protein targeting, transport and translocation; chromatic acclimation; the carboxysome; glycogen as a dynamic storage of photosynthetically fixed carbon; cyanophycin; gas vesicles; motility in unicellular and filamentous cyanobacteria; cellular differentiation in filamentous cyanobacteria; and cell-cell joining proteins in heterocyst-forming cyanobacteria. This cutting-edge text will provide a valuable resource for all those working in this field and is recommended for all microbiology libraries.

• ISBN: 9781908230386
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.04.2018
• Größe: 260 x 183 mm
• Verlag: Caister Academic Press Limited
• Herausgegeben von: Antonia Herrero, Enrique Flores