Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes

Patrick C. Hallenbeck has a BSc in Physics and a PhD in Biophysics. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology,Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal. Dr. Hallenbeck's research focuses on microbial physiology, applied microbiology, biotechnology,biological energy production, anaerobic metabolism, nitrogen fixation,molecular genetics, and protein chemistry. Dr. Hallenbeck has conducted numerous projects in both fundamental and applied research, and teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He is currently President of the Biohydrogen Division of the International Hydrogen Energy Association,and on the editorial boards of "Bioresource Technology","Frontiers in Microbiology" and "Marine Biotechnology". He is the editor of "Recent Advances in Phototrophic Prokaryotes" based on the proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes and published by Springer

Section I: Phylogeny, taxonomy, and diversity.- Diversity of the cyanobacteria.- Diversity of the purple sulfur and non-sulfur bacteria.- A panoply of phototrophs: a photomicrographic overview of the thermophilic chlorophototrophs of the microbial mats of alkaline siliceous hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA.- The Chlorobiaceae, Chloroflexaceae and Heliobacteriaceae.- Minireview on phototrophic Gemmatimonadetes.- Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs: Four Decades of Mystery.- Section II: Environment and ecology.- Biological soil crusts.- Cyanobacteria in terrestrial symbiotic systems.- Ecology of phototrophic microbial mats.- Section III: Photosynthetic bacteria in hydrogen producing systems.- Cyanobacteria in hydrogen producing systems.- Development of photosynthetic bacteria as model organisms for biotechnology.- Phototrophic bacteria from extreme environments.