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Chlorosomes Definition:
Elongated, intramembranous vesicles found in the green sulfur and nonsulfur bacteria; they contain light-harvesting pigments. Sometimes called chlorobium vesicles.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
Chlorosomes Notes:
A chlorosome, commonly found in green sulfur bacteria and a few green filamentous anoxygenic phototrophs, is basically a photosynthetic antenna complex. They are different from other antenna complexes, because of their large size. They also do not have a protein matrix supporting the photosynthetic pigments.
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