Describe the Role of the Thylakoids in Purple Bacteria and Cyanobacteria

question 8

Essay

Describe the role of the thylakoids in purple bacteria and cyanobacteria. Why is it that pumping protons into the lumen is essentially equivalent to pumping protons out of the cell?

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