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  • Atom by atom, team models bacteria’s photosynthetic engine

    Jul 29, 2015 1:30 pm by Jonathan HinesResearch
    graphic image of the chromatophore model

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    Physics professor Klaus Schulten and colleagues used a supercomputer to model the atomic structure of a chromatophore, the engine of photosynthesis in some bacteria.