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The Blue-green algae /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Academic Press,
1973.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Blue-Green Algae; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. General features of form and structure; The sheath; The trichome; Branching; Heterocysts; Reproductive structures; Gross morphological form; Classification of blue-green algae; Chapter 3. Cellular organization of blue-green algae; Prokaryotic cellular organization; The plasma membrane; The photosynthetic apparatus; The nucleoplasmic region; Ribosomes; Cytoplasmic inclusions; Surface structures; Chapter 4. Cell biology; Permeability; Osmotic relationships
- Resistance to extremes of physical conditionsEffects of invisible radiations and mutagenic agents; Effects of growth inhibitors and antibiotics; Genetics; Chapter 5. Gas vacuoles; Gas vacuole structure; Isolation of gas vesicles; Chemical analysis of the gas vesicle; Physical properties of gas vacuole membranes; Formation of gas vesicles; Functions of gas vacuoles; Chapter 6. Movements; Gliding movement; Pores and the mucilage-generating system; Motile organelles; Other movements; The significance of gliding and other movements; Energy consumed by gliding movement
- Aggregation of dense suspensions and mats of filamentous algaeChapter 7. Culture, nutrition and growth; Isolation and purification of blue-green algae; Nutrition; Growth; Chapter 8. Photosynthesis and chemosynthesis; Light absorption; Chromatic adaptation; The electron donor; Electron transport, photophosphorylation and the production of reductant; Carbon dioxide fixation; The photoassimilation of organic substances; Obligate phototrophy; Photosynthesis and the assimilation of nitrogen; General physiology; Chemosynthesis; Chapter 9. Heterotrophy and respiration; Respiration
- Metabolic control in blue-green algaeChapter 10. Nitrogen metabolism; Sources of nitrogen for growth; Nitrogen fixation; Organic nitrogen assimilation; The extracellular nitrogen products of blue-green algae; Chapter 11. Differentiation, reproduction and life cycles; Cell division; Heterocysts; Spores; Development and life history; Chapter 12. Freshwater ecology; Planktonic freshwater forms; The attached blue-green algae of the littoral zone of lakes; Blue-green algae of rivers and streams; Blue-green algae of hot springs; Chapter 13. Pathogens of blue-green algae; Fungal pathogens; Protozoa
- VirusesBacterial pathogens; The practical use of pathogens in controlling blooms; Chapter 14. Marine blue-green algae; Intertidal and supralittoral algae; Benthic algae; Planktonic algae; Chapter 15. Terrestrial ecology; Methods of estimating algal abundance; Numbers of terrestrial algae; Geographical distribution; Factors affecting algal distribution; Chapter 16. The ecology of nitrogen fixation by algae; Tropical and rice paddy soils; Temperate soils; Arctic and Antarctic regions; Aquatic habitats; Marine environments; Chapter 17. Symbiosis; Associations with fungi