Excitation energy transfer in the green photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus: A specific effect of 1-hexanol on the optical properties of baseplate and energy transfer processes

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Mimuro, Mamoru ^a   Nishimura, Yoshinobu ^b   Yamazaki, Iwao ^b   Kobayashi, Masayuki ^c   Wang, Zheng Yu ^c   Nozawa, Tsunenori ^c   Shimada, Keizo ^d   Matsuura, Katsumi ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroflexus aurantiacus; chlorophyll; chlorosome; energy transfer; green bacteria; photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS;

EID: 0029826364     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00041017     Document Type: Article

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