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BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLE [2 records]

Record 1 2003-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
DEF

A photosynthetic pigment of bacteria, from which chlorophylla may be derived

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

L'analyse des chromatophores des bactéries photo-synthétiques permet de constater qu'ils [...] recèlent un pigment voisin de la chlorophylle : la «bactériochlorophylle».

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Biochemistry
OBS

Light-excited bacteriochlorophyll feeds electrons into a ubiquinone pool from which they pass to cytochromes b and c2 and back to the chlorophyll again, with the absorbed light energy utilized to synthesize ATP.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Biochimie
OBS

La bactériochlorophylle activée par la lumière cède des électrons au pool ubiquinone, lequel les cède aux cytochromes b et c2; de là, les électrons reviennent à la chlorophylle, l'énergie lumineuse absorbée ayant été utilisée pour la synthèse de l'ATP.

Spanish

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