Pigment composition of a novel oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryote containing chlorophyll d as the major chlorophyll

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-281

  Miyashita, Hideaki ^a   Adachi, Kyoko ^a   Kurano, Norihide ^a   Ikemoto, Hisato ^a   Chihara, Mitsuo ^a,b   Miyachi, Shigeto ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll d; In vivo absorption; NMR; Oxygenic photosynthesis; Pigment composition; Prokaryote

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030979328     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029163     Document Type: Article

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