Transmission electron microscopic study on supramolecular nanostructures of bacteriochlorophyll self-aggregates in chlorosomes of green photosynthetic bacteria

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-123

  Saga, Yoshitaka ^a   Tamiaki, Hitoshi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacteriochlorophyll; chlorosome; freeze fracture transmission electron microscope; green photosynthetic bacteria; self aggregates

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROSOME; FREEZE FRACTURE TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; GREEN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA; SELF-AGGREGATES;

BACTERIA; COMPLEXATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHLOROPHYLL;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROFLEXUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FREEZE FRACTURE; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL CHROMATOPHORES; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; FREEZE FRACTURING; LIGHT; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROFLEXUS; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 33749259953     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.102.118     Document Type: Article

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