Pheophytinization of bacteriochlorophyll c and energy transfer in cells of Chlorobium tepidurn

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-44

  Tokita, Seiji ^a   Hirota, Masamitsu ^a   Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a   Shimada, Keizo ^a   Matsuura, Katsumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll a; Bacteriochlorophyll c; Bacteriopheophytin c; Chlorobium tepidum; Chlorosome; Energy transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; PHEOPHYTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHLOROBIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHLOROBI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEAT; LIGHT; MAGNESIUM; PHEOPHYTINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBIUM;

EID: 0033057967     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050737     Document Type: Article

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