Energetic landscape and terminal emitters of phycobilisome cores from quantum chemical modeling

L Cupellini, M Gwizdala… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phycobilisomes (PBs) are giant antenna supercomplexes of cyanobacteria that use
phycobilin pigments to capture sunlight and transfer the collected energy to membrane …

Inhomogeneous energy transfer dynamics from iron-stress-induced protein A to photosystem I

P Akhtar, S Jana, PH Lambrev, HS Tan - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Cyanobacteria respond to iron limitation by producing the pigment-protein complex IsiA,
forming rings associated with photosystem I (PSI). Initially considered a chlorophyll-storage …

Potential of a novel brine-struvite-based growth medium for sustainable biomass and phycocyanin production by Arthrospira platensis

SSW Ende, AS Beyer, R Ebaid, M Elshobary… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Nutrient recovery is crucial for sustainability as it helps to recycle valuable resources, reduce
environmental pollution, and promote the efficient use of natural materials in various …

Elucidating light-induced changes in excitation energy transfer of photosystem I and II in whole cells of two model cyanobacteria

S Biswas, DM Niedzwiedzki, HB Pakrasi - Photosynthesis Research, 2025 - Springer
Excitation energy transfer between the photochemically active protein complexes is key for
photosynthetic processes. Phototrophic organisms like cyanobacteria experience subtle …

Oceanic photosynthesis is directly affected by cyanophage NblA proteins

O Beja, O Nadel, R Hanna, A Rozenberg, D Shitrit… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Marine picocyanobacteria are abundant photosynthetic organisms of global importance.
They coexist in the ocean with cyanophages, viruses that infect cyanobacteria …