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Phototaxis of purple bacteria

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Part of the book series: Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((532,volume 17/1))

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Phototaxis in the purple bacteria is linked to the absorption of energy by the type of chlorophyll which is present. Taxes in general appear to be related, in the purple bacteria, to the metabolic activities which support growth. In the green algae, flagellates, and gametes of higher plants phototaxis in not related to energy absorbed by chlorophyll.

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  1. Institut Botanique de la Faculté des Sciences, Place Maréchal Leclerc, Besançon, France

    L. Baillaud (Chef de travaux) (Chef de travaux)

  2. Department of Botany, University Science Laboratories, Durham Colleges in the University of Durham, South Road, Durham, Great Britain

    Geoffrey H. Banbury B.Sc., F.L.S. (Lecturer in Plant Physiology) (Lecturer in Plant Physiology)

  3. Botanisches Institut der Universität, München 19, Menzinger Straße 67, Deutschland

    Leo Brauner (o. Professor der Botanik) (o. Professor der Botanik)

  4. Botanisches Institut der Universität, Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 5, Deutschland

    Erwin Bünning (o. Professor der Botanik) (o. Professor der Botanik)

  5. Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn., USA

    Roderick K. Clayton

  6. Josiah Willard Gibbs Research Laboratory, Department of Botany, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Arthur W. Galston (Professor of Plant Physiology) (Professor of Plant Physiology)

  7. Botanisches Institut der Universität, Universität Rostock, Rostock, Doberaner Straße 143, Deutschland

    Hermann V. Guttenberg (o. Professor der Botanik) (o. Professor der Botanik)

  8. Botanisches Institut der Universität, Tübingen, Wilhelmstraße 5, Deutschland

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  9. Department of Horticulture, The University, Reading, Great Britain

    O. V. S. Heath (D. Sc. Professor) (D. Sc. Professor)

  10. Department of Zoology, University of Texas, Austin 12, Texas, USA

    A. R. Schrank (Associate Professor of Zoology) (Associate Professor of Zoology)

  11. Pflanzenphysiologie, Universität Stockholm, Kungstensgatan 45, Stockholm Va, Schweden

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Clayton, R.K. (1959). Phototaxis of purple bacteria. In: Baillaud, L., et al. Physiology of Movements / Physiologie der Bewegungen. Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 17/1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94755-1_16

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