Biologists identify light-regulated mechanism in cyanobacteria as aid to optimizing photosynthesis
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 07:00
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Indiana University biologists have uncovered how a control system works in producing the important light-harvesting antennae that power photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, the microorganisms that are progenitors of all land plants and responsible for nearly half of the Earth's current oxygen production.