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Remembering Jan Amesz (1934–2001): a great gentleman, a major discoverer, and an internationally renowned biophysicist of both oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesisa
We present here the research contributions of Jan Amesz (1934–2001) on deciphering the details of the early physico-chemical steps in oxygenic...
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Novel aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium Jannaschia pagri sp. nov., isolated from seawater around a fish farm
The genus Jannaschia is one of the representatives of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria, which is a strictly aerobic bacterium,...
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Photosynthesis
All forms of life in this universe require energy for growth and maintenance. Plants and some forms of bacteria capture light energy directly from...
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Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria of the Meromictic Lake Bol’shie Khruslomeny (Oleniy Island, Kandalaksha Gulf, Murmansk Oblast, Russia)
Abstract —The composition and structure of the anoxygenic phototrophic bacterial (APB) community in the water column of meromictic Lake Bol’shie...
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Vulcanimicrobium alpinus gen. nov. sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the candidate phylum “Eremiobacterota”, is a metabolically versatile aerobic anoxygenic phototroph
The previously uncultured phylum “ Candidatus Eremiobacterota” is globally distributed and often abundant in oligotrophic environments. Although it...
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Ecology of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs on a fine-scale taxonomic resolution in Adriatic Sea unravelled by unsupervised neural network
BackgroundAerobic anoxygenic phototrophs are metabolically highly active, diverse and widespread polyphyletic members of bacterioplankton whose...
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Anoxygenic phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria: tool for bioremediation of hazardous environmental pollutants
The extraordinary metabolic flexibility of anoxygenic phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) has been exploited in the development of various...
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Underwater Photosynthesis in Cyanobacteria: Challenges and Adaptations
Within the class of photosynthetic organisms, cyanobacteria are among the most prevalent and diverse groups. They can multiply under a wide range of...
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Neotabrizicola shimadae gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium harbouring photosynthetic genes in the family Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from a terrestrial hot spring
A bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium, designated as strain N10 T , was isolated from a terrestrial hot spring in Nagano Prefecture, Japan....
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Measuring photosynthesis of both oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthetic organisms using pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) fluorometry in wastewater ponds
Oxygenic photosynthesis can be measured easily using O 2 or CO 2 gas exchange, oxygen electrodes, Winkler titration, 14 CO 2 -fixation and by PAM (
p ulsea m...
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Type II Photosynthetic Reaction Center Genes of Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) Bark Microbial Communities are Dominated by Aerobic Anoxygenic Alphaproteobacteria
The tree bark environment is an important microbial habitat distributed worldwide on thrillions of trees. However, the microbial communities of tree...
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Present Understanding of Biodiversity of Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria in the Relic Lake Mogilnoe (Kildin Island, Murmansk Oblast, Russia)
Abstract —The relic Lake Mogilnoe, separated from the Barents Sea by a sand and pebble dam, is located in the high Arctic on the Kildin island...
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Anoxygenic photosynthesis and iron–sulfur metabolic potential of Chlorobia populations from seasonally anoxic Boreal Shield lakes
Aquatic environments with high levels of dissolved ferrous iron and low levels of sulfate serve as an important systems for exploring biogeochemical...
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Revelations on photosystem II, thermoluminescence, and artificial photosynthesis: a retrospective of Govindjee from fundamentals to applications
Photosynthesis, as one of the most important chemical reactions, has powered our planet for over four billion years on a massive scale. This review...
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Prosthecate aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs Photocaulis sulfatitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov. and Photocaulis rubescens sp. nov. isolated from alpine meromictic lakes in British Columbia, Canada
Seven Gram-negative flagellated and subsequent prosthecate bacteria were isolated from meromictic Mahoney Lake and Blue Lake in British Columbia,...
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Genes encoding the photosystem II proteins are under purifying selection: an insight into the early evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis
The molecular evolution concerns coding sequences (CDSs) of genes and may affect the structure and function of proteins. Non-uniform use of...
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Investigating photosynthetic evolution and the feasibility of inducing C4 syndrome in C3 plants
Plant physiologists set about comprehending the genesis of the C4 photosynthetic pathway after its discovery by Hatch and Slack. They discovered that...
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Photoferrotrophy and phototrophic extracellular electron uptake is common in the marine anoxygenic phototroph Rhodovulum sulfidophilum
Photoferrotrophy allows anoxygenic phototrophs to use reduced iron as an electron donor for primary productivity. Recent work shows that freshwater...
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Photoheterotrophy by aerobic anoxygenic bacteria modulates carbon fluxes in a freshwater lake
Lakes are a significant component of the global carbon cycle. Respiration exceeds net primary production in most freshwater lakes, making them a...
