1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  Dedication Page

      5  Introduction to the third edition

      6  Acknowledgements

      7  About the companion website

      8  Chapter 1: The basic principles of photosynthetic energy storage 1.1 What is photosynthesis? 1.2 Photosynthesis is a solar energy storage process 1.3 Where photosynthesis takes place 1.4 The four phases of energy storage in photosynthesis References

      9  Chapter 2: Photosynthetic organisms and organelles 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Classification of life 2.3 Prokaryotes and eukaryotes 2.4 Metabolic patterns among living things 2.5 Phototrophic prokaryotes 2.6 Photosynthetic eukaryotes References

      10  Chapter 3: History and early development of photosynthesis 3.1 Van Helmont and the willow tree 3.2 Carl Scheele, Joseph Priestley, and the discovery of oxygen 3.3 Ingenhousz and the role of light in photosynthesis 3.4 Senebier and the role of carbon dioxide 3.5 De Saussure and the participation of water 3.6 The equation of photosynthesis 3.7 Early mechanistic ideas of photosynthesis 3.8 The Emerson and Arnold experiments 3.9 The controversy over the quantum requirement of photosynthesis 3.10 The red drop and the Emerson enhancement effect 3.11 Antagonistic effects 3.12 Early formulations of the Z scheme for photosynthesis 3.13 ATP formation 3.14 Carbon fixation References

      11  Chapter 4: Photosynthetic pigments 4.1 Chemical structures and distribution of chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls 4.2 Pheophytins and bacteriopheophytins 4.3 Chlorophyll biosynthesis 4.4 Spectroscopic properties of chlorophylls 4.5 Carotenoids 4.6 Bilins References

      12  Chapter 5: Antenna complexes and energy transfer processes 5.1 General concepts of antennas and a bit of history 5.2 Why antennas? 5.3 Classes of antennas 5.4 Physical principles of antenna function 5.5 Structure and function of selected antenna complexes 5.6 Regulation of antennas References

      13  Chapter 6: Reaction centers and electron transport pathways in anoxygenic phototrophs 6.1 Basic principles of reaction center structure and function 6.2 Development of the reaction center concept 6.3 Purple bacterial reaction centers 6.4 Theoretical analysis of biological electron transfer reactions 6.5 Quinone reductions, the role of the Fe and pathways of proton uptake 6.6 Organization of electron transfer pathways 6.7 Completing the cycle – the cytochrome bc₁ complex 6.8 Membrane organization in purple bacteria 6.9 Electron transport in other anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria References

      14  Chapter 7: Reaction centers and electron transfer pathways in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms 7.1 Spatial distribution of electron transport components in thylakoids of oxygenic photosynthetic organisms 7.2