Author: Molisch, Hans [1856-1937]
Title: Die Purpurbakterien nach neuen Untersuchungen : Eine mikrobiologische Studie
Description: Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1907. boards. 23x15cm, vii,95,(4) pp. Contemporary binder's blind cloth-backed boards. Spine label.. 4pp plates.. Rubbed. Good. ¶ Contents: Methoden zur leichten und sicheren Beschaffung der Purpurbakterien; Die Reinkultur von Purpurbakterien: Beschreigung neuer Gattugen und Arten: Systematische Übersicht; Die Purpurbakterien in ihren Beziehungen zum Lichte; Die Purpurbakterien in ihrer Beziehungen zum freien Sauerstoff; Die Chemotaxis der Purpurbakterien; Über die Ernährung der Purpurbakterien; Die Farbstoffe der Purpurbakterien. ["...Molisch is, perhaps, best remembered for two books: Microchemistry of Plants (1912) and The Influence of One Plant on Another: Allelopathy (1937). This, his last major contribution to the literature, blended his disciplinary interests and is credited with introducing the term ‘allelopathy’, thus earning him the sobriquet ‘the father of allelopathy’..." - John Lovett in 'Hans Molisch’ Legacy'. "Molisch was an exceptionally gifted & productive researcher who had broad interests in plant biology, physiology & biochemistry. In addition, he pioneered in isolating a number of species of purple photosynthetic bacteria in pure culture (including Rhodobacter capsulatus), which facilitated his discovery of basic aspects of bacterial photosynthesis. Molisch demonstrated conclusively that molecular oxygen is not produced by photosynthetic bacteria, and discovered the photoheterotrophic growth mode. The range of Molisch's research accomplishments was impressive, and he emerges as a major figure in the history of photosynthesis research...." - Springer Link.

Keywords: Microbiology, Purple Bacteria, Bacteriology, Allelopathy, Botany Bacterial, Plant Pathology, Photosynthetic, Photosynthesis,