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In this paper we report a picosecond absorption spectroscopy study of the energy transfer and excited state lifetimes of two Light-harvesting complexes, namely chlorosomes and the BChl a-protein of the green sulfur bacterium Chtorobium Limicola f. thiosulfatophitum (strain Tassajara).
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Gillbro, T., Sandström, Á., Sundström, V., Olson, J.M. (1988). Picosecond Energy Transfer Kinetics in Chlorosomes and Bacteriochlorophyll A-Proteins of Chlorobium Limicola . In: Olson, J.M., Ormerod, J.G., Amesz, J., Stackebrandt, E., Trüper, H.G. (eds) Green Photosynthetic Bacteria. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1021-1_11
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