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We compared the stoichiometric ratios of PSII and PSI reaction centers in the photosynthetic apparatus of Anacystis nidulans and Spinacea oleracea, spectrophotometrically [Melis/Brown, 1980] from the amplitude of the light-induced absorbance change at 320 nm (Q) and at 700 nm (P700). A comparison of the relative Chl/P700, Chl/Q and Q/P700 ratios is given in Table 1. The results clearly show that in blue-green algae PSI is predominant while PSII is more abundant in grana-containing higher plants.
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Melis, A., Manodori, A., Ghirardi, M. (1984). Organization, Structure and Function of the Photochemical Apparatus in Phycobilin and Chlorophyll b-containing Oxygen-evolving Photosynthetic Organisms. In: Sybesma, C. (eds) Advances in Photosynthesis Research. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-4973-2_43
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