Table of Contents

Part I: Cyanobacteria and their environment. 1. Life implies work – A holistic account of our microbial biosphere focusing on the bioenergetic processes of cyanobacteria, the ecologically most successful organisms on our earth; Günther A. Peschek et al.- 2. The photosynthetic apparatus of the living fossil, Cyanophora paradoxa; Jürgen M. Steiner, Wolfgang Löffelhardt.- 3. An alternate hypothesis for the origin of mytochondria; Roschen Sasikumar et al.- 4. The complex regulation of the phosphate uptake system of cyanobacteria; Gernot Falkner, Renate Falkner.- 5. The site of respiratory electron transport in cyanobacteria and its implication for the photoinhibition of respiration; Ioan I. Ardelean, Günther A. Peschek.- 6. Nitrogen fixation and hydrogen metabolism in cyanobacteria; Hermann Bothe et al.- 7. Hydrogen peroxide degradation in cyanobacteria; Marcel Zamocky et al.- Part II: Cyanobacteria – the first electric power plants (“discovery” of biological electron transport, the clue to most efficient bioenergetic processes).- 8. History and function: The respiratory and photosynthetic electron transport chains; Peter Nicholls.- 9. Bioenergetics in a primordial cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421; Mamoru Mimuro et al.- 10. ATP synthase in cyanobacteria: structure, function and regulation of a complex machine; Dirk Bald.- Part III: Cyanobacteria and light: Oxygenic photosynthesis (and other uses of light). 11. The evolution of cyanobacteria and photosynthesis; Gerhart Drews.- 12. Structure of cyanobacterial Photosystems I and II; Petra Fromme, Ingo Grotjohann.- 13. Mechanism of photosynthetic production and respiratory reduction of molecular dioxygen: A biophysical and biochemical comparison; Gernot Renger, Bernhard Ludwig.- 14. Photoprotection in cyanobacteria: The orange carotenoid protein and energy dissipation; Cheryl Kerfeld, Diane Kirilovsky.- 15. Manganese transport and the assembly of Photosystem II; Eitan Salomon et al.- Part IV: Electron entry (Dehydrogenation). 16. Structure and physiological function of NDH-I complexes in cyanobacteria; Eva-Mari Aro, Peter J. Nixon.- 17. The superfamily of succinate: quinine oxidoreductases and its implications for the cyanobacterial enzymes; C. Roy D. Lancaster.- Part V: Connecting (-) and (+): Electron and protein circuits between dehydrogenases and oxygen reductases in cyanobacteria. 18. The water soluble cytochromes of cyanobacteria; Kwok Ki Hio et al.- 19. Transient interactions between soluble electron transfer proteins – The case of plastocyanin and cytochrome f; Derek S. Bendall et al.- 20. Center of the cyanobacterial electron transport network: the cytochrome b6f complex; Gabor Bernat, Matthias Roegner.- 21. The convergent evolution of cytochrome c6 and plastocyanin has been driven by geochemical changes; Miguel De la Rosa et al.- 22. Flavodiiron proteins and their role in cyanobacteria; Vera L. Gonçalves et al.- Part VI: Electron exit (terminal oxidation).- 23. Survey of the various potential terminal oxidases and electron donors in cyanobacteria according to genomic records and biophysical investigations; Christian Obinger.- Part VII: Progress in the genetic manipulation of cyanobacteria. 24. Tools for genetic manipulation of cyanobacteria; Annegret Wilde, Dennis Dienst. Index.

Reviews

From the reviews:“This volume focuses on ways that cyanobacteria handle protons and electrons. … This well-produced volume includes many essential color illustrations of structures and mechanisms throughout. It is well written, mainly from a European perspective, and provides an interesting history of ideas and theories about many aspects of energy flow in cyanobacteria, as well as good reviews of evolutionary history as deduced by study of ‘primitive’ or primordial extant species. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and above.” (L. C. Davis, Choice, Vol. 49 (10), June, 2012)