CONTENTS 



Introduction v 



E. W. Kettering 



Preface xiii 



List of Participants xv 



List of Abbreviations xvi 



OPENING ADDRESS 



Van Niel's Theory: Thirty Years After 3 



Hans Gaffrou 



I. COMPONENTS, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION OF THE 

 BACTERIAL PHOTOCHEMICAL APPARATUS 

 Carotenoids of Photosynthetic Bacteria— Distribution, 



Structure, and Biosynthesis 19 



Synn0ve Liaaen Jensen 

 Tetrapyrroles in Photosynthetic Bacteria 35 



June Lascelles 

 A Note on the Effect of Inhibitors of Electron Transport 



and Phosphorylation on Photopigment Synthesis in 



RJiodopseudonwnas spheroides 53 



W. R. Sistrom 

 The Heme Proteins of Photosynthetic Bacteria 61 



Martin D. Kamen 

 The Structure of the Photosynthetic Apparatus in the Green 



and Purple Sulfur Bacteria 71 



R. C. Fuller, S. F. Conti, and D. B. Mellin 

 Some Observations on the Organization of the Photosynthetic 



Apparatus in Purple and Green Bacteria 89 



Germaine Cohen -Bazire 

 Isolation of Photochemically Active Chromatophores from 



Rhodospirillum Molischianum HI 



Donald D. Hickman, Albert W. Frenkel, and 



Konsta)itine Cost 

 Isolation of Bacteriopheophytin-Containing Particles 



from Rlwdospirillum rubrum 115 



Torn Kihara and Albert W. Frenkel 

 Structure and Function in Bacterial Photosynthesis 121 



Hoirard Gest and Subir K. Bose 



II. METABOLISM AND PHYSIOLOGY 



Metabolic Aspects of Bacterial Photosynthesis 129 



Howard Gest 



