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Evolutionary Pathways and Enigmatic Algae: Cyanidium caldarium (Rhodophyta) and Related Cells

  • Editors
  • Joseph Seckbach
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Part of the Developments in Hydrobiology book series (DIHY, volume 91)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xii
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  2. Models for the eukaryotic cellular origins and evolutions

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Origin of eukaryota from Cyanobacterium: membrane evolution theory
      Hakobu Nakamura
      Pages 3-18
    3. Glaucocystophyta model for symbiogenous evolution of new eukaryotic species
      H. E. A. Schenk
      Pages 19-52
    4. Alternative pathway (cyanobacteria to eukaryota)
      Thomas E. Jensen
      Pages 53-66

  3. Green enigmatic algae

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 67-67
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    2. Nanochlorum eucaryotum — a green enigmatic alga: morphology, biochemistry and molecular biology
      Rudolf K. Zahn
      Pages 69-86
    3. Enigmatic chlorophycean algae forming symbiotic associations with ciliates
      Werner Reisser
      Pages 87-95

  4. The paradoxical Cyanidiophyceae

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 97-97
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    2. The natural history of Cyanidium (Geitler 1933): past and present perspectives
      Joseph Seckbach
      Pages 99-112
    3. A review on the taxonomic position of the algal genus Cyanidium Geitler 1933 and its ecological cohorts Galdieria Merola in Merola et al. 1981 and Cyanidioschyzon De Luca, Taddei and Varano 1978
      Franklyn D. Ott, Joseph Seckbach
      Pages 113-132
    4. Systematic position and phylogenetic status of Cyanidium Geitler 1933
      Joseph Seckbach, Franklyn D. Ott
      Pages 133-143
    5. New classification for the genus Cyanidium Geitler 1933
      Franklyn D. Ott, Joseph Seckbach
      Pages 145-152
    6. Cyanidium investigations in Japan
      Ikujiro Fukuda
      Pages 153-155
    7. Italy’s contribution to the systematics of Cyanidium caldarium ‘sensu lato’
      Gabriele Pinto, P. Albertano, A. Pollio
      Pages 157-166
    8. The study of Cyanidiophyceae in Russia
      Olga Yu. Sentsova
      Pages 167-174
    9. Cyanidium-like algae from caves
      Lucien Hoffmann
      Pages 175-182
    10. The function of peroxisomes in the Cyanidiaceae
      Wolfgang Gross
      Pages 183-191
    11. Nitrogen assimilation in a thermophilic acidophilic alga
      Carmelo Rigano, Amodio Fuggi, Vittoria Di Martino Rigano, Vincenza Vona
      Pages 193-200
    12. Natural products of the Cyanidiophyceae
      Hideyuki Nagashima
      Pages 201-214
    13. Ultrastructure of unicellular red algae
      Sharon T. Broadwater, Joseph L. Scott
      Pages 215-230
    14. Ultrastructure of cytoplasmic organelles in Cyanidium caldarium
      Katsumi Ueda
      Pages 231-238
    15. Cyanidium caldarium as a model cell for studying division of chloroplasts
      Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, Haruko Kuroiwa, Takashi Mita, Niji Ohta
      Pages 239-253
    16. Molecular organization and expression of the plastid genome of Galdieria sulphuraria (= Cyanidium caldarium) and other unicellular red algae
      K. Zetsche
      Pages 255-262
    17. The molecular aspects of pigments and photosynthesis in Cyanidium caldarium
      Robert F. Troxler
      Pages 263-282
    18. A comprehensive bibliography to the world’s literature on the algal genus Cyanidium Geitler 1933 including its ecological cohorts Galdieria Merola in Merola et al. 1981 and Cyanidioschizon De Luca, Taddei and Varano 1978 with indexing to the major areas of biological interest
      Franklyn D. Ott, Aleta J. Petrik-Ott
      Pages 283-328
  5. Back Matter
    Pages 329-349
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Keywords

Eukaryota RNA Rhodophyta algae biology evolution genes molecular aspects nitrogen physiology

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