Determination of the topography and biometry of chlorosomes by atomic force microscopy

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 83-90

  Martinez Planells, Asunción ^a   Arellano, Juan B ^b   Borrego, Carles M ^a   López Iglesias, Carmen ^c   Gich, Frederic ^a   Garcia Gil, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Biometry; Chlorosomes; Freeze drying; Green sulfur bacteria; Topography; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOBACTEROIDES; CHLOROFLEXUS; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CHLORONEMA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROSTHECOCHLORIS VIBRIOFORMIS;

EID: 0036229283     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014955614757     Document Type: Article

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