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Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, 21 (1989) 205-211 A section of J. Electroanai. Chem., and constituting Vol. 215 (1989) Elsevier Sequoia S.A., Lausanne - Printed in The Netherlands
Book reviews Bacterial Energy Transduction. Christopher Anthony (Editor). London, 1988, ISBN O-12-058815-3, xiv + 517 pp., ti7.00.
Academic
Press,
This book covers nearly all aspects of bacterial energy transduction within 9 chapters based on Mitchell’s hypothesis. Chapter 1 (C.W. Jones) gives an overview dealing with about 20 redox components of the respiratory chain and photosynthesis with emphasis on the ATPase-ATP synthase complex. Chapter 2 (W.A. Hamilton) deals with the anaerobic pathway in microbes. Chapter 3 (S.J. Ferguson) is concentrated on electron exchange in the small region (periplasm of bacteria) between murein and cytoplasmatic membrane by dehydrogenase, cytochrome etc. Chapter 4 (P.M. Wood) gives a description of the energy production by bacteria from oxidation of inorganic compounds (chemolithotrophy). In chapter 5, bacterial cytochrome oxidases are characterized in detail by R.K. Poole. Chapter 6 (C. Anthony) puts the questions: why do quinoproteins have transduction possibilities and how do they interact with electron transport chains? Chapter 7 (J. Baz Jackson) discusses the broad field of photosynthesis in Rhodopseudomonas and Rhodobacter. Chapter 8 (I.R. Booth) deals with bacterial transport systems and energy coupling, including acidophiles and alkalophiles. Chapter 9 (D. Kell) adds to chapter 1 an introduction in elementary physical-chemical processes and techniques on the one hand and raises some open questions in bioenergetics on the other. All chapters are easy to understand and present a comprehensive knowledge of the topic. H. BERG Jena
Modem Bioelectricity. A.A. Marino (Editor). Marcel Dekker, New York and Basel, 1988, ISBN O-8247-7788-3, xviii + 1050 pp., US$179.50. Bioelectricity is conceived as a science studying the effects of external electromagnetic fields upon living organisms and the electromagnetic fields generated by organisms. Life processes are linked inseparably with electrical phenomena, but those links are so manifold that many items are subject to special disciplines. This book comprises 27 articles written by 46 authors from the most different fields of engineering, physics, biology, and medicine and thus reflects the whole spectrum of bioelectrical studies.
Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics, 21 (1989) 205-211 A section of J. Electroanai. Chem., and constituting Vol. 215 (1989) Elsevier Sequoia S.A., Lausanne - Printed in The Netherlands
Book reviews Bacterial Energy Transduction. Christopher Anthony (Editor). London, 1988, ISBN O-12-058815-3, xiv + 517 pp., ti7.00.
Academic
Press,
This book covers nearly all aspects of bacterial energy transduction within 9 chapters based on Mitchell’s hypothesis. Chapter 1 (C.W. Jones) gives an overview dealing with about 20 redox components of the respiratory chain and photosynthesis with emphasis on the ATPase-ATP synthase complex. Chapter 2 (W.A. Hamilton) deals with the anaerobic pathway in microbes. Chapter 3 (S.J. Ferguson) is concentrated on electron exchange in the small region (periplasm of bacteria) between murein and cytoplasmatic membrane by dehydrogenase, cytochrome etc. Chapter 4 (P.M. Wood) gives a description of the energy production by bacteria from oxidation of inorganic compounds (chemolithotrophy). In chapter 5, bacterial cytochrome oxidases are characterized in detail by R.K. Poole. Chapter 6 (C. Anthony) puts the questions: why do quinoproteins have transduction possibilities and how do they interact with electron transport chains? Chapter 7 (J. Baz Jackson) discusses the broad field of photosynthesis in Rhodopseudomonas and Rhodobacter. Chapter 8 (I.R. Booth) deals with bacterial transport systems and energy coupling, including acidophiles and alkalophiles. Chapter 9 (D. Kell) adds to chapter 1 an introduction in elementary physical-chemical processes and techniques on the one hand and raises some open questions in bioenergetics on the other. All chapters are easy to understand and present a comprehensive knowledge of the topic. H. BERG Jena
Modem Bioelectricity. A.A. Marino (Editor). Marcel Dekker, New York and Basel, 1988, ISBN O-8247-7788-3, xviii + 1050 pp., US$179.50. Bioelectricity is conceived as a science studying the effects of external electromagnetic fields upon living organisms and the electromagnetic fields generated by organisms. Life processes are linked inseparably with electrical phenomena, but those links are so manifold that many items are subject to special disciplines. This book comprises 27 articles written by 46 authors from the most different fields of engineering, physics, biology, and medicine and thus reflects the whole spectrum of bioelectrical studies.