Abstract
Green sulfur bacteria and green filamentous bacteria use a structurally and functionally similar light-harvesting apparatus called the chlorosome (1). Within a lipid monolayer envelope the chlorosome contains thousands of bacteriochlorophylls (BChl) c, d or e. A minor amount of BChl a is also present and is probably associated with proteins which form a baseplate. This BChl a mediates excitation energy between the chlorosome and the photosynthetic reaction center.
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Sakuragi, Y., Frigaard, NU., Steensgaard, D.B., Matsuura, K., Cox, R.P., Miller, M. (1998). Alkali Treatment of Green Bacterial Chlorosomes. In: Garab, G. (eds) Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3953-3_39
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