The ultrastructure of Chlorobium tepidum chlorosomes revealed by electron microscopy

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 145-154

  Hohmann Marriott, Martin F ^a   Blankenship, Robert E ^b   Roberson, Robert W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorosome; Electron microscopy; Fixation protocol; Green sulfur bacteria; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROBIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROPHYLL; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; TISSUE FIXATION;

CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 25444499407     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-3647-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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