Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134261928
Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20.10, Problem 1CR
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The oceans contain a huge numbers of phototrophic microorganisms, including both eukaryotic and prokaryotic oxygenic phototrophs and essential numbers of a particular group of purple phototrophs (anoxygenic). In the open oceans, much of the productivity even at significant depth arise from photosynthesis through procholorophytes. The procholorophytes does not contain phycobilins but it contains chlorophyll a and b.
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