Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have reported on the structure and light energy transfer efficiency of a protein complex crucial to the photosynthesis of purple sulfur bacteria thriving ...

Light‐harvesting complexes in purple bacteria are sophisticated pigment–protein assemblies that capture and funnel solar energy to the reaction centres, thereby enabling efficient ...

Photosynthetic purple bacteria utilise specialised pigment–protein complexes to convert light energy into chemical energy, thereby sustaining their metabolic processes and contributing to global ...

These bacteria actually contain numerous colorful pigments beyond purple, including orange and red carotenoids. After determining which wavelengths of light these bacteria reflected most strongly ...

Purple sulfur bacteria can be found in different ecosystems with enough sulfate and light, some examples are shallow lagoons polluted by sewage or deep waters of lakes, in which they could even bloom.

Researchers say that our own planet could paradoxically offer vital clues as to how a world covered in bacteria that receive little or no visible light and oxygen could retain a purple hue.

The molecules that form the foundation of life on Earth are as diverse as they are complex. Among these, carbohydrates play a ...

NASA has already spotted a diversity of rocky, Earth-like worlds in the cosmos. But unlike our verdant planet, many of these worlds may flourish with purple life — if life exists out there, that is.

The scientists found that relatively obscure species of purple bacteria have untapped potential. Moreover, the scientists showed that for at least one species of purple bacteria, this potential ...

Coelho developed various models of Earth-like planets across a range of wet and dry environments, and many of the simulated “light fingerprints” came back purple. “If purple bacteria are ...

purple bacteria uses bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoids, which allows them to perform photosynthesis in low-light and low-oxygen environments. The water in a small pond in the Hildesheim Forest ...