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Carbon-Concentrating Mechanism

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Abstract

Every living molecular machine on planet is constructed across a middle staging of organic carbon which locked in extremely oxidized structures, such as carbonate minerals (calcite, aragonite, etc.) and CO2 gas. The photosynthetic organisms are capable to unlock these oxidized carbon structures and transform them into more organic forms via a process called “photosynthesis.” Among photosynthetic organisms, photosynthetic microorganisms play a significant role in the formation of organic biomass and oxygenic environment on Earth. However, majority of these microorganisms undertake photosynthesis in an aquatic environment of ocean where they face a number of unique restraints regarding the efficient operation of carbon fixation through photosynthesis. Carbon-concentrating mechanism (CCM) is a remarkable adaptation, evolved to maximize photosynthetic efficiency of many photosynthetic organisms in low-CO2 levels of aqueous environment. This chapter provides in-depth state-of-the-art information of CCM machinery.

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    Shailendra Kumar Singh & Shanthy Sundaram

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Singh, S.K., Sundaram, S., Kishor, K. (2014). Carbon-Concentrating Mechanism. In: Photosynthetic Microorganisms. SpringerBriefs in Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09123-5_2

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