Rings, ellipses and horseshoes: How purple bacteria harvest solar energy

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-214

  Cogdell, Richard J ^a   Gardiner, Alastair T ^a   Roszak, Aleksander W ^a   Law, Christopher J ^a   Southall, June ^a   Isaacs, Neil W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacteriochlorophyll a; carotenoids; energy transfer; light harvesting; purple photosynthetic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 4043096374     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PRES.0000036883.56959.a9     Document Type: Review

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