Algae: Chapters 1 & 2
Algae: Chapter 22 - pp. 544-552
Prokaryotes: Introductory essay (Chapter 239) on the Phototrophic Way of Life, sections 1-6 (particularly in section 6, concentrate on broad principles, not on the details).
http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/chaprender/jsp/showchap.jsp?chapnum=239
Baldauf, S. L., A. J. Roger, I. Wenk-Siefert, and W. F. Doolittle. 2000. A kingdom-level phylogeny of eukaryotes based on combined protein data. Science 290: 972-977.
Delwiche, C. F. 1999. Tracing the thread of plastid diversity through the tapestry of life. American Naturalist 154: S164-S177.
Brock Chapter 17, pp. 549-567.
In The Prokaryotes:
Proteobacteria: http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/chaprender/jsp/showchap.jsp?chapnum=379
Ectothiorhodospiraceae: http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/chaprender/jsp/showchap.jsp?chapnum=254
Chromatiaceae: http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/chaprender/jsp/showchap.jsp?chapnum=170
Chloroflexaceae (Green Nonsulfur): http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/chaprender/jsp/showchap.jsp?chapnum=401
Chlorobiaceae (Green Sulfur): http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/chaprender/jsp/showchap.jsp?chapnum=323
Heliobacteria: http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/chaprender/jsp/showchap.jsp?chapnum=304
Cyanobacteria: http://141.150.157.117:8080/prokPUB/chaprender/jsp/showchap.jsp?chapnum=098
Algae:
Chapter 7: Pp. 132-153
Chapter 16, read pp.343-376 carefully, and browse pp. 376-396
Chapter 9: 169-179
Chapter 10: 180-197
Chapter 12: 232-242, 243-268
Chapter 13: 269-293
Chapter 14: 294-300
Chapter 15: 301-320
Chapter 10: 180-197
Chapter 11: 198-231
Chapter 8: 154-168
Chapter 17:397-419
Chapter 18: 420-425, 429 - 430, 432-436, 440-442, 447-450
Chapter 19: 452-455
Chapter 20: 460-464, 470-480, 489-493
Chapter 21: 494-543
Algae refers to: Graham, L. E., and W. Wilcox Lee. 2000. Algae. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Brock refers to: Madigan, M. T., J. M. Martinko, and J. Parker. 2002. Brock Biology of Microorganisms. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Prokaryotes refers to: Dworkin, M. 2001. The Prokaryotes, An Evolving Electronic Resource for the Microbial Community. Springer-Verlag, New York.
Note that there is a link to guidelines for writing a review below.
Homework #1, due Monday, March 5 2003.
Read and write a three page review of Neilan, B. A., M. L. Saker, J. Fastner, A. Töröknés, and B. P. Burns. 2003. Phylogeography of the invasive cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii. Molecular Ecology 12: 133-140.
Note that there is a link to guidelines for writing a review below. Be prepared for an in-class discussion of this paper.
Homework #2, due Monday April 7 2003.
Read and write a three page review of:
McQuoid, M. R., Godhe, A., and Nordberg, K. 2002. Viability of phytoplankton resting stages in the sediments of a coastal Swedish fjord. Eur. J. Phycol. 37:191-201.
Homework #3
Read and write a three page review of:
Stechmann, A., and T. Cavalier-Smith. 2002. Rooting the eukaryote tree by using a derived gene fusion. Science 297: 89-91.
Homework #4, due Monday May 12, 2003
Read and write a three page review of:
Laflamme, M, and Lee, R. W. 2003. Mitochondrial genome conformation among CW-group chlorophycean algae. J. Phycol. 39:213-220.