Light intensity effects on pigment composition and organisation in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 159-166

  Borrego, Carles M ^a   Gerola, Paolo D ^a   Miller, Mette ^b   Cox, Raymond P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antenna pigments; Bacteriochlorophyll homologs; Chlorobactene; Chlorosomes; Light adaptation

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM;

EID: 0032795892     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006161302838     Document Type: Article

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