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The function of photosynthetic light harvesting complexes (LHCs) comprises absorption and regulated excitation energy transfer (EET) to the photochemical reaction centers (RCs). Photosynthesizing organisms have developed a variety of LHCs but, apart from phycobilins in cyanobacteria and certain algae, use only two types of pigments, (bacterio)chlorophylls ((B)Chl) and carotenoids.
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- Purple Bacterium
- Excitation Energy Transfer
- Rhodobacter Sphaeroides
- Green Sulfur Bacterium
- Antenna Complex
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Leupold, D., Lokstein, H., Scheer, H. (2006). Excitation Energy Transfer Between (Bacterio)Chlorophylls—the Role of Excitonic Coupling. In: Grimm, B., Porra, R.J., Rüdiger, W., Scheer, H. (eds) Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4516-6_29
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