Isolation and pigment composition of the antenna system of four species of green sulfur bacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-146

  Francke, Christof ^a   Amesz, Jan ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll a, c, d and e; Chlorosome; FMO protein; Green sulfur bacterium (Chlorobium phaeovibrioides, Chlorobium tepidum, Chlorobium vibrioforme and Prosthecochloris aestuarii); Pigment composition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOVIBRIOIDES; PROSTHECOCHLORIS AESTUARII; PROSTHECOCHLORIS VIBRIOFORMIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0030880018     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005845828676     Document Type: Article

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