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Originally published in 1954, this book contains articles on the nature of autotrophic micro-organisms and their importance for processes such as maintaining soil fertility.
List of contents
Editors' preface; Nomenclature of nutritional types of micro-organisms based on energy sources; 1. The no man's land between the autotrophic and heterotrophic ways of life D. D. Woods and June Lascelles; 2. The nature and relationships of autotrophic bacteria K. A. Bisset and Joyce B. Grace; 3. Some aspects of the physiology of thiobacilli K. Baalsrud; 4. Some aspects of the physiology of nitrifying bacteria H. Lees; 5. The nitrogen metabolism of the blue-green algae (myxophyceae) G. E. Fogg and Miriam Wolfe; 6. Ammonia and nitrate assimilation by green algae (chlorophyceae) P. J. Syrett; 7. Mechanism of photosynthesis H. Gaffron; 8. The photolitho-autotrophic bacteria and their energy relations H. Larsen; 9. The utilizaton of organic compounds by photosynthetic bacteria S. R. Elsden; 10. The role of accessory pigments in photosynthesis L. R. Blinks; 11. Problems in the mass cultivation of photo-autotrophic micro-organisms E. C. Wassink; 12. The economic importance of autotrophic micro-organisms K. R. Butlin and J. R. Postgate.
Summary
Originally published in 1954, this book contains articles investigating the nature of autotrophic micro-organisms and their importance for processes such as maintaining soil fertility. Discussion of micro-organisms which possess a mixture of autotrophic and heterotrophic characteristics is also provided.
