hua (hua at uh.edu) wrote:
: Please help!!! Does anyone know if there is a photosynthetic mode of
: metabolism in bacteria that occurs in the absence of bacteriochlorophyll
: or even chlorophyll?
if photosynthesis means for your that energy comes from light (phototrophy)
I know veryinteresting organism:Halobacterium. It uses light for proton pump,
pigment
is rhodopsin. There was note in Nature last year, if i remember correctly,
about Halobacterium.
Best,
Veljo Kisand
