Evidence for spatially separate bacteriochlorophyll c and bacteriochlorophyll d pools within the chlorosomal aggregate of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium limicola

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 231-241

  Steensgaard, Dorte B ^a   Van Walree, Cornells A ^a   Baneras, Lluis ^b   Borrego, Carles M ^b   Garcia Gil, Jesus ^c   Holzwarth, Alfred R ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenna; Chlorosome; Green bacteria; Heterogeneity; Organization; Photosynthesis pigment aggregates

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBIUM LIMICOLA;

EID: 0032787766     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006116101525     Document Type: Article

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