Abstract: The utilization of sulfur Compounds (at oxidation levels below that of sulfate) as electron donors in anoxygenic photosynthesis is — though to a different extent — common to most groups of phototrophic prokaryotes (cf. Tables 1 and 2). Classical in this respect are the purple and green sulfur bacteria (Chromatiaceae and Chlorobiaceae) all of which utilize reduced sulfur Compounds as electron donors. But also a number of classical “purple-nonsulfur” bacteria (Rhodospirillaceae) and the filamentous flexible green bacteria (Chloroflexaceae) are able to oxidize reduced sulfur Compounds during photosynthesis. Even certain species of the cyanobacteria can perform anoxygenic photosynthesis at the expense of sulfide as electron donor.
Publication Year: 1981
Publication Date: 1981-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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