Algae excitation transfer

G Porter, CJ Treadwell, GFW Searle and J Barber (1978) Picosecond time-resolved energy transfer in Porphyridium cruentum. Part I. In the intact alga. Biochim Biophys Acta 501 232-245 M Mimuro, I Yamazaki, N Tamai and T Katoh (1989) Excitation energy transfer in phycobilisomes at-196 C isolated from the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis (M-3) evidence for the plural transfer pathways to the terminal emitters. Biochim Biophys Acta 973, 153-162... 

Amphidinium carterae also shows precisely where the carotenoid peridinin is located in this antenna complex (Hofmann et al., 1996 Fig. 11). Kiihlbrandt et al. (1994) have provided the atomic level structure of LHCllb, the major light harvesting Chi a/Chl b complex of plants and green algae this has allowed the rationalization of the proposed mechanisms of excitation energy transfer among the Chls. 

Nakayama K and Mimuro M (1994) Chlorophyll forms and excitation energy transfer pathways in hght-harvesting chlorophyU a/b protein complexes isolated from the siphonous green alga, Bryopsis maxima. Biochim Biophys Acta 1184 103-110... 

Airborne laser fluorosensing of chlorophyll (Chi) and phycoerythrine promises to be a valuable technique for the determination of phytoplankton abundance and distribution in water [7,8]. To enhance and control photosynthesis, most free drifting algae contain a number of so-called primary absorbing pigments. The absorbed excitation energy is transferred to Chi A, whose emission (centered at 685 nm) is predominantly observed. Alternatively, the emission of the strongly fluorescent photoreceptor phycoerythrine may be measured. 

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