Excited states and charge separation in membranes of the green sulfur bacterium Prosthecochloris aestuarii

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-31

  Kramer, Hans ^a   Aartsma, Thijs J ^a   Amesz, Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROSTHECOCHLORIS AESTUARII;

EID: 0029824645     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb02417.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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