Book 2006
Complex Intracellular Structures in Prokaryotes (Microbiology Monographs)
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Microbiology (non-medical)
- Science
- Life Sciences - Bacteriology
- Life Sciences - Biochemistry
- Carboxysomes
- Cytoarchitecture
- Magnetosomes
- Proteasomes
Provides historical background and comprehensive reviews of ten topics that cover the spectrum of the complex intracellular structures of prokaryotes: proteasomes, phycobilisomes, chlorosomes, gas vesicles, carboxysomes, magnetosomes, intracytoplasmic membranes, membrane-bound nucleoids, anammoxosomes, and cytoarchitecture of Epulopiscium spp. Cameos of selected additional structures are presented to broaden the scope of the volume and to generate increased interest in these structures.