Purple bacterium photosynthesis centre, molecular model. Purple bacteria are phototrophic bacteria that produce energy through photosynthesis. This oc

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Purple bacterium photosynthesis centre, molecular model. Purple bacteria are phototrophic bacteria that produce energy through photosynthesis. This occurs due to the presence of photosynthetic pigments (bacteriochlorophylls) together with carotenoids that produce the colours (ranging from purple to red, orange and brown). This molecular complex is the photosynthetic centre from the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides. It includes spirilloxanthin (carotenoid), the quinone ubiquinone, and bacteriochlorophyll a and bacteriopheophytin a.

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