Chlorosome
Sign in to savethumb|Schematic of the chlorosome (rod hypothesis)
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5 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Organization of the light harvesting pigments
- An alternative energy source
- List of bacterial taxa containing chlorosomes
- References
thumb|Schematic of the chlorosome (rod hypothesis)
A chlorosome is a light-harvesting complex found in green sulfur bacteria (GSB) and many green non-sulfur bacteria (GNsB), together known as green bacteria. It is a type of chromatophore, an organelle found in photosynthetic bacteria (e.g. purple bacteria). Chlorosomes are ellipsoidal bodies. They differ from other antenna complexes by their large size and lack of protein matrix supporting the photosynthetic pigments.