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Phylogeny of Anoxygenic Photosynthesis Based on Sequences of Photosynthetic Reaction Center Proteins and a Key Enzyme in Bacteriochlorophyll Biosynthesis, the Chlorophyllide Reductase

Johannes F. Imhoff,
Tanja Rahn,
Sven Künzel and
Sven C. Neulinger

Microorganisms2019, 7(11), 576;https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7110576

19 November 2019

Photosynthesis is a key process for the establishment and maintenance of life on earth, and it is manifested in several major lineages of the prokaryote tree of life. The evolution of photosynthesis in anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria is of major i...

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A Rapid Method for the Extraction and Analysis of Carotenoids and Other Hydrophobic Substances Suitable for Systems Biology Studies with Photosynthetic Bacteria

Judit Bóna-Lovász,
Aron Bóna,
Michael Ederer,
Oliver Sawodny and
Robin Ghosh

Metabolites2013, 3(4), 912-930;https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo3040912

11 October 2013

A simple, rapid, and inexpensive extraction method for carotenoids and other non-polar compounds present in phototrophic bacteria has been developed. The method, which has been extensively tested on the phototrophic purple non-sulphur bacterium Rhodo...

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Chlorophylls, Symmetry, Chirality, and Photosynthesis

Mathias O. Senge,
Aoife A. Ryan,
Kristie A. Letchford,
Stuart A. MacGowan and
Tamara Mielke

Symmetry2014, 6(3), 781-843;https://doi.org/10.3390/sym6030781

10 September 2014

Chlorophylls are a fundamental class of tetrapyrroles and function as the central reaction center, accessory and photoprotective pigments in photosynthesis. Their unique individual photochemical properties are a consequence of the tetrapyrrole macroc...

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Adaptation to Photooxidative Stress: Common and Special Strategies of the Alphaproteobacteria Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodobacter capsulatus

Mathieu K. Licht,
Aaron M. Nuss,
Marcel Volk,
Anne Konzer,
Michael Beckstette,
Bork A. Berghoff and
Gabriele Klug

Microorganisms2020, 8(2), 283;https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8020283

19 February 2020

Photosynthetic bacteria have to deal with the risk of photooxidative stress that occurs in presence of light and oxygen due to the photosensitizing activity of (bacterio-) chlorophylls. Facultative phototrophs of the genus Rhodobacter adapt the forma...

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