The Bacterial Photosynthetic Apparatus

摘要: Publisher Summary The unique physiological characteristic of the photosynthetic bacteria is their ability to grow anaerobically in light, a property conferred on them by pigment system. Bacterial processes generally require an exogenous reductant. different genera characteristically use reduced inorganic sulfur compounds, hydrogen, or organic substrates as reductant and also vary with respect carbon dioxide sole source. This chapter describes organized structure apparatus bacterial It location chromatophore material, isolation composition purified chromatophores, formation apparatus. Bacteria like other forms life have both carotenoids chlorophylls. Carotenoids essentially harvest light at wavelengths, which are not absorbed chlorophyll protect cells from photodynamic oxidation reactions. Bacteriochlorophyll most widely distributed type recognized bacteria. Chromatophores represent specialized that houses pigments catalyzes photophosphorylation photoreduction