Bioenergetic Processes of Cyanobacteria From Evolutionary Singularit
This publication is unique among a number of books on cyanobacteria because it focuses on the bioenergetics of these widespread organisms which are the evolutionary prerequisite for the development of all higher forms of life on our "blue" planet. The boo
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Günter A. Peschek • Christian Obinger • Gernot Renger
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Bioenergetic Processes of Cyanobacteria From Evolutionary Singularity to Ecological Diversity
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Editors Prof. Dr. Günter A. Peschek Molecular Bioenergetics Group Inst. Physikalische Chemie University of Vienna Währingerstr. 42, 1090 Wien Austria [email protected] [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Gernot Renger Fak. II, Mathematik/Naturwissenschaften, Institut für Chemie Max-Volmer-Laboratorium TU Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10587 Berlin Germany [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Christian Obinger Department für Chemie Abteilung für Biochemie Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Muthgasse 18, 1190 Wien Austria [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-0352-0 e-ISBN 978-94-007-0388-9 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-0388-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011923070 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedication: Jack Edgar Myers (1913–2006)
We dedicate this book on Cyanobacteria to Jack Edgar Myers (1913–2006), the most influential algal and cyanobacterial physiologist of the twentieth century. I have known Jack’s work since I became a graduate student of Robert Emerson and Eugene Rabinowitch in 1956. Jack was born in a farmhouse in eastern Pennsylvania to Dr. Gary Cleveland Myers and Mrs. Caroline Clark Myers. Jack was one of the most wonderful and jovial persons I have met in my life. He was highly inquisitive and always asked questions very slowly and clearly, and answered questions in a thoughtful and a detailed manner. He also had a great humor, and was always good natured. He was a social drinker and one enjoyed his company and stories. I can count several such occasions at Conferences that we attended together. Jack was a remarkable family man as he not only took care of his family, but that of his brother when he passed away. He was a great Science educator for children all over the World through his simple descriptions of many aspects of Science through his down-to-earth clear articles in “Highlights for Children”, a magazine that had been started by his parents. Jack received his BS in 1934 in Chemistry from Juanita College, Huntington, Pennsylvania, his MS from Montana State (Bozeman), and his PhD (in Botany), in 1939, from the University of Minnesota under George Burr. Jack did his postdoctoral work with E.D. MacAlister before his appointment on the faculty of University of Texas in Austin, in 1941. Jack had been recognized with the Charles F. Kettering Award for Exc
