`The editors have done an excellent job to break down the huge package of information into well co-ordinated pieces. ... The technical quality of the presentations, especially the colour plates is excellent and the publication has been very fast ... In conclusion, the book is without any doubt the best which is available on the book market in the field of anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria. This volume is obligatory in all laboratories working in that field, and even those photosynthesis researchers, who use oxygenic organisms, will profit a lot from the papers in that book.' Journal of Plant Physiology, 149 (1996)

• Taxonomy, Physiology and Ecology.- Taxonomy and Physiology of Phototrophic Purple Bacteria and Green Sulfur Bacteria.- Taxonomy, Physiology and Ecology of Heliobacteria.- Taxonomy and Physiology of Filamentous Anoxygenic Phototrophs.- Ecology of Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria.- Ecology of Thermophilic Anoxygenic Phototrophs.- Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs.- Bacteriochlorophyll-Containing Rhizobium Species.- Molecular Structure and Biosynthesis of Pigments and Cofactors.- Biosynthesis and Structures of the Bacteriochlorophylls.- Biosynthesis and Structures of Porphyrins and Hemes.- Lipids, Quinones and Fatty Acids of Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria.- Membrane and Cell Wall Architecture and Organization.- Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria: Model Organisms for Studies on Cell Wall Macromolecules.- Structure, Molecular Organization, and Biosynthesis of Membranes of Purple Bacteria.- Membranes and Chlorosomes of Green Bacteria: Structure, Composition and Development.- Organization of Electron Transfer Components and Supercomplexes.- Antenna Structure and Function.- Theory of Electronic Energy Transfer.- Structure and Organization of Purple Bacterial Antenna Complexes.- Kinetics of Excitation Transfer and Trapping in Purple Bacteria.- Singlet Energy Transfer from Carotenoids to Bacteriochlorophylls.- Coupling of Antennas to Reaction Centers.- Antenna Complexes from Green Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Structure-Function Relationships in Core Light-Harvesting Complexes (LHI) As Determined by Characterization of the Structural Subunit and by Reconstitution Experiments.- Genetic Manipulation of the Antenna Complexes of Purple Bacteria.- Reaction Center Structure, Electron and Proton Transfer Pathways.- The Structures of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers from Purple Bacteria as Revealed by X-Ray Crystallography.- The Pathway, Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Electron Transfer in Wild Type and Mutant Reaction Centers of Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria.- Theoretical Analyses of Electron-Transfer Reactions.- Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions of QB in Reaction Centers from Photosynthetic Bacteria.- The Recombination Dynamics of the Radical Pair P+H? in External Magnetic and Electric Fields.- Infrared Vibrational Spectroscopy of Reaction Centers.- Bacterial Reaction Centers with Modified Tetrapyrrole Chromophores.- The Reaction Center from Green Sulfur Bacteria.- The Antenna-Reaction Center Complex of Heliobacteria.- Biochemical and Spectroscopic Properties of the Reaction Center of the Green Filamentous Bacterium, Chloroflexus aurantiacus.- Cyclic Electron Transfer Components and Energy Coupling Reactions.- Cytochrome Biogenesis.- Cytochromes, Iron-Sulfur, and Copper Proteins Mediating Electron Transfer from the Cyt bc1 Complex to Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complexes.- Mutational Studies of the Cytochrome bc1 Complexes.- Reaction Center Associated Cytochromes.- The Proton-Translocating F0F1 ATP Synthase-ATPase Complex.- Proton-Translocating Transhydrogenase and NADH Dehydrogenase in Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Metabolic Processes.- Sulfur Compounds as Photosynthetic Electron Donors.- Carbon Metabolism in Green Bacteria.- The Biochemistry and Metabolic Regulation of Carbon Metabolism and CO2 Fixation in Purple Bacteria.- Microbiology of Nitrogen Fixation by Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria.- The Biochemistry and Genetics of Nitrogen Fixation by Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Aerobic and Anaerobic Electron Transport Chains in Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria.- Storage Products in Purple and Green Sulfur Bacteria.- Degradation of Aromatic Compounds by Nonsulfur Purple Bacteria.- Flagellate Motility, Behavioral Responses and Active Transport in Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria.- Genetics and Genetic Manipulations.- Genetic Manipulation of Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Physical Mapping of Rhodobacter capsulatus: Cosmid Encyclopedia and High Resolution Genetic Map.- Structure and Sequence of the Photosynthesis Gene Cluster.- Genetic Analysis of CO2 Fixation Genes.- Genetic Analysis and Regulation of Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis.- Genetic Analysis and Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis.- A Foundation for the Genetic Analysis of Green Sulfur, Green Filamentous and Heliobacteria.- Regulation of Gene Expression.- Regulation of Hydrogenase Gene Expression.- Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation Genes.- Organization of Photosynthesis Gene Transcripts.- Regulation of Photosynthesis Gene Expression.- Post-Transcriptional Control of Photosynthesis Gene Expression.- Applications.- Polyesters and Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Imaging Spectroscopy and Combinatorial Mutagenesis of the Reaction Center and Light Harvesting II Antenna.- Waste Remediation and Treatment Using Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria.

`The editors have done an excellent job to break down the huge package of information into well co-ordinated pieces. ... The technical quality of the presentations, especially the colour plates is excellent and the publication has been very fast ... In conclusion, the book is without any doubt the best which is available on the book market in the field of anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria. This volume is obligatory in all laboratories working in that field, and even those photosynthesis researchers, who use oxygenic organisms, will profit a lot from the papers in that book.' Journal of Plant Physiology, 149 (1996)

• Taxonomy, Physiology and Ecology.- Taxonomy and Physiology of Phototrophic Purple Bacteria and Green Sulfur Bacteria.- Taxonomy, Physiology and Ecology of Heliobacteria.- Taxonomy and Physiology of Filamentous Anoxygenic Phototrophs.- Ecology of Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria.- Ecology of Thermophilic Anoxygenic Phototrophs.- Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs.- Bacteriochlorophyll-Containing Rhizobium Species.- Molecular Structure and Biosynthesis of Pigments and Cofactors.- Biosynthesis and Structures of the Bacteriochlorophylls.- Biosynthesis and Structures of Porphyrins and Hemes.- Lipids, Quinones and Fatty Acids of Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria.- Membrane and Cell Wall Architecture and Organization.- Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria: Model Organisms for Studies on Cell Wall Macromolecules.- Structure, Molecular Organization, and Biosynthesis of Membranes of Purple Bacteria.- Membranes and Chlorosomes of Green Bacteria: Structure, Composition and Development.- Organization of Electron Transfer Components and Supercomplexes.- Antenna Structure and Function.- Theory of Electronic Energy Transfer.- Structure and Organization of Purple Bacterial Antenna Complexes.- Kinetics of Excitation Transfer and Trapping in Purple Bacteria.- Singlet Energy Transfer from Carotenoids to Bacteriochlorophylls.- Coupling of Antennas to Reaction Centers.- Antenna Complexes from Green Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Structure-Function Relationships in Core Light-Harvesting Complexes (LHI) As Determined by Characterization of the Structural Subunit and by Reconstitution Experiments.- Genetic Manipulation of the Antenna Complexes of Purple Bacteria.- Reaction Center Structure, Electron and Proton Transfer Pathways.- The Structures of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers from Purple Bacteria as Revealed by X-Ray Crystallography.- The Pathway, Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Electron Transfer in Wild Type and Mutant Reaction Centers of Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria.- Theoretical Analyses of Electron-Transfer Reactions.- Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions of QB in Reaction Centers from Photosynthetic Bacteria.- The Recombination Dynamics of the Radical Pair P+H? in External Magnetic and Electric Fields.- Infrared Vibrational Spectroscopy of Reaction Centers.- Bacterial Reaction Centers with Modified Tetrapyrrole Chromophores.- The Reaction Center from Green Sulfur Bacteria.- The Antenna-Reaction Center Complex of Heliobacteria.- Biochemical and Spectroscopic Properties of the Reaction Center of the Green Filamentous Bacterium, Chloroflexus aurantiacus.- Cyclic Electron Transfer Components and Energy Coupling Reactions.- Cytochrome Biogenesis.- Cytochromes, Iron-Sulfur, and Copper Proteins Mediating Electron Transfer from the Cyt bc1 Complex to Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complexes.- Mutational Studies of the Cytochrome bc1 Complexes.- Reaction Center Associated Cytochromes.- The Proton-Translocating F0F1 ATP Synthase-ATPase Complex.- Proton-Translocating Transhydrogenase and NADH Dehydrogenase in Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Metabolic Processes.- Sulfur Compounds as Photosynthetic Electron Donors.- Carbon Metabolism in Green Bacteria.- The Biochemistry and Metabolic Regulation of Carbon Metabolism and CO2 Fixation in Purple Bacteria.- Microbiology of Nitrogen Fixation by Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria.- The Biochemistry and Genetics of Nitrogen Fixation by Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Aerobic and Anaerobic Electron Transport Chains in Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria.- Storage Products in Purple and Green Sulfur Bacteria.- Degradation of Aromatic Compounds by Nonsulfur Purple Bacteria.- Flagellate Motility, Behavioral Responses and Active Transport in Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria.- Genetics and Genetic Manipulations.- Genetic Manipulation of Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Physical Mapping of Rhodobacter capsulatus: Cosmid Encyclopedia and High Resolution Genetic Map.- Structure and Sequence of the Photosynthesis Gene Cluster.- Genetic Analysis of CO2 Fixation Genes.- Genetic Analysis and Regulation of Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis.- Genetic Analysis and Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis.- A Foundation for the Genetic Analysis of Green Sulfur, Green Filamentous and Heliobacteria.- Regulation of Gene Expression.- Regulation of Hydrogenase Gene Expression.- Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation Genes.- Organization of Photosynthesis Gene Transcripts.- Regulation of Photosynthesis Gene Expression.- Post-Transcriptional Control of Photosynthesis Gene Expression.- Applications.- Polyesters and Photosynthetic Bacteria.- Imaging Spectroscopy and Combinatorial Mutagenesis of the Reaction Center and Light Harvesting II Antenna.- Waste Remediation and Treatment Using Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria.