Chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls, together with carotenoids, serve, noncovalently
bound to specific apoproteins, as principal light-harvesting and energy-transforming …

Marine picocyanobacteria of the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus numerically
dominate the picophytoplankton of the world ocean, making a key contribution to global …

Acaryochloris marina is a unique cyanobacterium using chlorophyll d (Chl d) as its major
pigment and thus can use far-red light for photosynthesis. Photosystem II (PSII) of A. marina …

A single-source reference on the biology of algae, the third edition of Algae: Anatomy,
Biochemistry, and Biotechnology examines the most important taxa and structures for …

The light reactions of photosynthesis in green plants are mediated by four large protein
complexes, embedded in the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast. Photosystem I (PSI) …

Chlorophyll a (Chl a) serves a dual role in oxygenic photosynthesis: in light harvesting as
well as in converting energy of absorbed photons to chemical energy. No other Chl is as …

Cyanobacteria, red algae, and cryptophytes produce 2 classes of proteins for light
harvesting: water-soluble phycobiliproteins (PBP) and membrane-intrinsic proteins that bind …

Abstract Background The picocyanobacterial genus Synechococcus occurs over wide
oceanic expanses, having colonized most available niches in the photic zone. Large scale …

Chlorophyll-based phototrophs, or chlorophototrophs, convert light energy into stored
chemical potential energy using two types of photochemical reaction center (RC), denoted …

This review serves as an introduction to the variety of light-harvesting (LH) structures present
in phototrophic prokaryotes. It provides an overview of the LH complexes of purple bacteria …