| タイトル | Efficiency of Photosynthesis in a Chl d-Utilizing Cyanobacterium is Comparable to or Higher than that in Chl a-Utilizing Oxygenic Species |
| 著者（英） | Kiang, N. Y.; Gunner, M. R.; Blankenship, R. E.; Mielke, S. P.; Mauzerall, D. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies |
| 発行日 | 2011-06-25 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | The cyanobacterium Acaryochloris marina uses chlorophyll d to carry out oxygenic photosynthesis in environments depleted in visible and enhanced in lower-energy, far-red light. However, the extent to which low photon energies limit the efficiency of oxygenic photochemistry in A. marina is not known. Here, we report the first direct measurements of the energy-storage efficiency of the photosynthetic light reactions in A. marina whole cells,and find it is comparable to or higher than that in typical, chlorophyll a-utilizing oxygenic species. This finding indicates that oxygenic photosynthesis is not fundamentally limited at the photon energies employed by A. marina, and therefore is potentially viable in even longer-wavelength light environments. |
| NASA分類 | Exobiology |
| レポートNO | GSFC.JA.00416.2012 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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