Biogeography of Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Genes in Marine Phytoplankton

Photosynthetic light-harvesting proteins are the mechanism by which energy enters the marine ecosystem. The dominant prokaryotic photoautotrophs are the cyanobacterial genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus that are defined by two distinct light-harvesting systems, chlorophyll-bound protein comple...

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Main Authors: Bibby, Thomas S. (Author), Zhang, Yinan (Author), Chen, Min (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2009-02-25.
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