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The photosynthetic bacteria

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Die CO2-Assimilation / The Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide

Abstract

In this chapter, we will review the metabolism of photosynthetic bacteria2, a group of morphologically diverse organisms which show remarkable biochemical versatility. All organisms in this category have in common the capacity to reduce carbon dioxide through an anaerobic photosynthetic mechanism. In certain types (green sulfur bacteria), photosynthetic utilization of CO2 as the sole carbon source for growth appears to be obligatory. Others, found among the purple bacteria, display metabolic patterns suggestive of an important stage in biochemical evolution, characterized by an intimate coupling of “autotrophic” and “heterotrophic” mechanisms of cell material synthesis.

The contributions of M. D. Kamen to this review constitute Communication No. 13 from the series “Publications of the Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University”.

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Gest, H., Kamen, M.D. (1960). The photosynthetic bacteria. In: Pirson, A. (eds) Die CO2-Assimilation / The Assimilation of Carbon Dioxide. Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94798-8_64

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