Bacterial
Photosynthesis
-
Photosynthetic
Structures
Bacterial
Photosynthesis
-
Photosynthetic
structures:In
the
eukaryotic
cells
of
higher
green
plants,
multicellualar
red,
green
and
brown
algae,
dinoflagellates
and
diatoms
the
photosynthetic
structures
are
the
chloroplasts.
Chloroplasts
enclose
membranous
sacs
called
thylakoida
which
contain
the
units
of
photosynthesis.
In
prokaryotes
(blue
green
bacteria,
Prochlorophyta,
purple
and
green
bacteria)
the
photosynthetic
structures
are
chromatophores.
In
the
Rhodospirillaceae
(purple
non
sulphur
bacteria)
and
the
Chromatiaceae
(purple
sulphur
bacteria)
the
thylakoids
are
extensions
of
the
cell
membrane.
They
may
be
in
the
form
of
vesicles,
tubular
bodies
or
lamellae.
In
the
Chlorobiaceae
(green
sulphur
bacteria)
the
sacs
forming
the
photosynthetic
apparatus
are
not
continuous
with
the
cell
membrane
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