Bacteriochlorophyll organization and energy transfer kinetics in chlorosomes from Chloroflexus aurantiacus depend on the light regime during growth

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Ma, Ying Zhong ^a   Cox, Raymond P ^b   Gillbro, Tomas ^a   Miller, Mette ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Decay associated spectra (DAS); Fluorescence anisotropy; Green bacteria; Pigment organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001376235     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00016178     Document Type: Article

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