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Energy Trapping and Electron Transfer in Chloroflexus Aurantiacus

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Green Photosynthetic Bacteria

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Green photosynthetic bacteria are characterized by the presence of chlorosomes, antenna structures attached to the cytoplasmic side of the inner cell membrane. These complexes contain BChl c, d or e and function by absorbing tight energy and transferring it to the photochemical reaction center which is embedded in the cytoplasmic membrane (Olson, 1960). In the reaction center a portion of the photon energy is conserved by a series of electron transfer reactions, and the products of these reactions are used to drive cellular processes.

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  1. T. Nozawa

    Present address: Chemical Research Institute of Non-Aqueous Solutions, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980, Japan

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    R. E. Blankenship, D. C. Brune, J. M. Freeman, G. H. King, J. D. McManus, T. Nozawa, T. Trost & B. P. Wittmerhaus

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  1. Odense University, Odense, Denmark

    J. M. Olson

  2. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    J. G. Ormerod

  3. State University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

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  4. Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany

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Blankenship, R.E. et al. (1988). Energy Trapping and Electron Transfer in Chloroflexus Aurantiacus . In: Olson, J.M., Ormerod, J.G., Amesz, J., Stackebrandt, E., Trüper, H.G. (eds) Green Photosynthetic Bacteria. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1021-1_8

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