Red Algae in the Genomic Age - Seckbach, Joseph; Chapman, David J.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION -- The Chloroplast Division Machinery: Origin and Evolution -- Evolutionary History and Taxonomy of Red Algae -- GENERAL STUDIES OF RHODOPHYTA -- Invasive and Alien Rhodophyta in the Mediterranean and along the Israeli Shores -- The Extreme Environments of Porphyra, a Fast Growing and Edible Red Marine Macroalga -- Investigations on Reproductive Affinities in Red Algae -- Taxonomic Revisions of Freshwater Rhodophyta in Recent Years -- GENOMIC STUDIES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY -- Porphyra: Complex Life Histories in a Harsh Environment: P. umbilicalis, an Intertidal Red Alga for Genomic Analysis -- Utilizing Red Algae to Understand a Neurodegenerative Disease -- Coordination of Nuclear and Plastid Gene Expression in Red Algae and Green Plants -- Plastid Evolution and the Nuclear Genomic "Footprint" of Red and Green Algal Endosymbionts -- Red Microalgae: From Basic Know-How to Biotechnology -- Red Algal Genomics: A Synopsis -- Bangiophytes: From one Class to Six; Where Do We Go from Here? -- Genomic Contributions to Understanding the Evolution of Red Algal Plastids and Pigment Biosynthesis -- How Have Genome Studies Improved Our Understanding of Organelle Evolution and Metabolism in Red Algae? -- Computational Gene Prediction in Eukaryotic Genomes -- Developments in Biotechnology of Red Algae -- CYANIDIA -- Overview on Cyanidian Biology -- The Cyanidiales: Ecology, Biodiversity, and Biogeography -- Mechanisms of Acido-Tolerance and Characteristics of Photosystems in an Acidophilic and Thermophilic Red Alga, Cyanidium Caldarium -- Redox-Modification of Chloroplast Enzymes in Galdieria Sulphuraria: Trial-and-Error in Evolution or Perfect Adaptation to Extreme Conditions? -- The Thermo-Acidophilic Cyanidiophyceae (Cyanidiales) -- Chilean Cave Cyanidium -- BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY -- Low Molecular Weight Carbohydrates in Red Algae - an Ecophysiological and Biochemical Perspective -- Red Algal Defenses in the Genomics Age -- OUTLOOK AND SUMMARY -- Summary, Final Comments and Conclusions.
Keywords: Biochemistry; Microbiology; Life sciences; Microbial genetics; Microbial genomics; Plant physiology; Biochemistry, general; Microbiology; Life Sciences, general; Eukaryotic Microbiology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Plant Physiology