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The three bacterial representatives capable of anoxygenic photosynthesis are members of the family Rhodospirillaceae, Chromatiaceae and Chlorobiaceae (10). Although there are many physiological and anatomical distinctions characterizing each of the families, a major distinction is that the former two families have both their light-harvesting (LH) and reaction-center (RC) activities within the same membrane system (9), whereas members of the Chlorobiaceae have structurally separated these activities (3). Many representatives of the Rhodospirillaceae in addition to growing photoheterotrophically are capable of chemotrophic growth. On the other hand, the Chromatiaceae and Chlorobiaceae are, by and large photoautotrophs (9). Generally, these organisms require a simple salts medium supplemented with a few common B-vitamins. Finally, the purple bacteria, Rhodospirillaceae and Chromatiaceae contain either bacteriochlorophylls (Bchl) a or b (11) (some Bchla containing species have 5% Bchlb:6), while members of the Chlorobiaceae contain in addition to Bchla, Bchl’s c, d or e (7).
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Kaplan, S., Fornari, C., Chory, J., Yen, B. (1982). Chlorophyll-Binding Proteins: Strategies and Developments for DNA Cloning in Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides . In: Hollaender, A., DeMoss, R.D., Kaplan, S., Konisky, J., Savage, D., Wolfe, R.S. (eds) Genetic Engineering of Microorganisms for Chemicals. Basic Life Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4142-0_20
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