title: The early history of the genetics of photosynthetic bacteria: a personal account.
abstract: The development of genetics as a tool for the study of photosynthesis is recounted, beginning in the period when no genetic exchange mechanism was known for any photosynthetic microorganism, and ending with the sequencing of the key genes for photosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology, 15 Innovation Way, Newark, DE, 19711, USA, bmarrs@fraunhofer-cmb.org.
authors.forename: Barry L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Marrs