A bacterium from a mountain lake harvests light using both proton-pumping xanthorhodopsins and bacteriochlorophyll-based photosystems.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2211018119
Abstract: Photoheterotrophic bacteria harvest light energy using either proton-pumping rhodopsins or bacteriochlorophyll (BChl)-based photosystems. The bacterium Sphingomonas glacialis AAP5 isolated from the alpine lake Gossenköllesee contains genes for both systems. Here, we show that BChl is… read more here.
Keywords: proton pumping; bacterium mountain; based photosystems; photosystems bacterium ... See more keywords