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In green bacteria the main light-harvesting pigment (BChl c, d or, e) is located inside oblong bodies (chlorosomes) which lie in the cytoplasm and adhere to the cytoplasmic membrane, where the reaction centers are localized.
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Gerola, P.D., Højrup, P., Knudsen, J., Roepstorff, P., Olson, J.M. (1988). The Bacteriochlorophyll C--Binding Protein from Chlorosomes of Chlorobium LimicolaF.Thiosulfrtophilum . 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_6
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