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Ultrastructural Plasticity of Cyanobacteria

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This introductory chapter demonstrates the topicality of the ultrastructural plasticity investigation—the direction this book is devoted to. It is warranted by the demand in new insights into the adaptation capabilities of species within microbial communities, primary determinants of the condition of microbial biosphere. The analysis of background for the advent and the development of this direction is carried out together with a modern-level discussion of the conception of ‘phenotypic plasticity’ of prokaryotes. The ultrastructural plasticity is considered as a component of the latter. Accordingly, the investigation of its manifestation diversity is suggested as a strategy of the elucidation of bacterial adaptive capabilities. The key role of the population approach in this methodology is emphasized taking into account the cell heterogeneity and basing on the conception of bacterial population as a cohesive self-regulated system. The choice of cyanobacteria as an object of investigation of the ultrastructural plasticity of prokaryotes is substantiated.

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Baulina, O.I. (2012). Introduction. In: Ultrastructural Plasticity of Cyanobacteria. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32781-0_1

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