: Joseph Seckbach, David J. Chapman
: Joseph Seckbach, David J. Chapman
: Red Algae in the Genomic Age
: Springer-Verlag
: 9789048137954
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: CHF 190.80
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: Biochemie, Biophysik
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r ed Algae in Genome Age book most people reading this book have childhood memories about being enthralled at the beach with those rare and mysterious living forms we knew as seaweeds. We were fascinated at that time by their range of red hues and textures, and most of all, their exotic beauty. t o a scientist, red algae represent much more than apparent features. t heir complex forms have attracted morphologists for centuries; their intricate life cycles have brought more than one surprise to plant biologists familiar only with ferns and fowering plants; their unusual tastes have been appreciated for mill- nia, and their valuable chemical constituents have been exploited for nearly as long, most recently by biotech companies; their diversity in marine, freshwater, and t- restrial environments has offered centuries of engaging entertainment for botanists eager to arrange them in orderly classifcation systems; still, the red algae continue to teach us how many more challenges need to be overcome in order to understand their biodiversity, biological functions, and evolutionary histories.
Dedication6
Table of Contents8
Introduction to Red Algae in the Genomic Age12
Foreword16
Acknowledgments20
List of Authors for “Red Algae in Genomic Age”22
Part 1:ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION30
THE CHLOROPLAST DIVISION MACHINERY: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION32
EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY AND TAXONOMY OF RED ALGAE54
Part 2: GENERAL STUDIESOF RHODOPHYTA70
INVASIVE AND ALIEN RHODOPHYTA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ALONG THE ISRAELI SHORES73
THE EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS OF PORPHYRA, A FAST GROWING AND EDIBLE RED MARINE MACROALGA88
INVESTIGATIONS ON REPRODUCTIVE AFFINITIES IN RED ALGAE102
TAXONOMIC REVISIONS OF FRESHWATER RHODOPHYTA IN RECENT YEARS134
Part 3: GENOMIC STUDIESAND BIOTECHNOLOGY147
PORPHYRA: COMPLEX LIFE HISTORIES IN A HARSH ENVIRONMENT: P. UMBILICALIS, AN INTERTIDAL RED ALGA FOR GENOMIC ANALYSIS150
UTILIZING RED ALGAE TO UNDERSTAND A NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE170
COORDINATION OF NUCLEAR AND PLASTID GENE EXPRESSION IN RED ALGAE AND GREEN PLANTS190
PLASTID EVOLUTION AND THE NUCLEAR GENOMIC “FOOTPRINT” OF RED AND GREEN ALGAL ENDOSYMBIONTS209
RED MICROALGAE: FROM BASIC KNOW-HOW TO BIOTECHNOLOGY222
RED ALGAL GENOMICS: A SYNOPSIS242
BANGIOPHYTES: FROM ONE CLASS TO SIX WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?256
GENOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF RED ALGAL PLASTIDS AND PIGMENT BIOSYNTHESIS275
HOW HAVE GENOME STUDIES IMPROVED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANELLE EVOLUTION AND METABOLISM IN RED ALGAE?287
COMPUTATIONAL GENE PREDICTION IN EUKARYOTIC GENOMES302
DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY OF RED ALGAE318
Part 4:CYANIDIA351
OVERVIEW ON CYANIDIAN BIOLOGY353
THE CYANIDIALES: ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY365
MECHANISMS OF ACIDO-TOLERANCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOTOSYSTEMS IN AN ACIDOPHILIC AND THERMOPHILIC RED ALGA, Cyanidium caldarium380
REDOX-MODIFICATION OF CHLOROPLAST ENZYMESIN GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA: TRIAL-AND-ERROR IN EVOLUTION OR PERFECT ADAPTATION TO EXTREME CONDITIONS?396
THE THERMO-ACIDOPHILIC CYANIDIOPHYCEAE (CYANIDIALES)412
CHILEAN CAVE CYANIDIUM430
Part 5:BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY441
LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT CARBOHYDRATES IN RED ALGAE – AN ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PERSPECTIVE443
RED ALGAL DEFENSES IN THE GENOMICS AGE456
Part 6: CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY475
Summary, Final Comments and Conclusions476
Organism Index479
Subject Index481
Author Index490