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Phototrophy Conversion of radiant energy from the sun into ATP and NADPH Autotrophy involves carbon fixation Conversion of inorganic carbon into organic molecules. Photoautotrophy Involves light rx (energy step) and dark rx (carbon fixing step)
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Phototrophy • Conversion of radiant energy from the sun into ATP and NADPH • Autotrophy involves carbon fixation • Conversion of inorganic carbon into organic molecules
Photoautotrophy • Involves light rx (energy step) and dark rx (carbon fixing step) • Photophosphorylation (light rx) provides ATP and reducing power (NADPH) to power the Calvin-Benson Cycle (dark rx)
3 types of phototrophy • Oxygenic phototrophy • Anoxygenic phototrophy • Rhodopsin based phototrophy
Pathways of oxygenic light reaction • Pair of chlorophyll based photosystems embedded in membrane • Chloroplast or plasma membrane
Cyclic photophosphorylation produces only ATP • Non-cyclic photophosphorylation produces ATP, NADPH and O2
Pathways of anoxygenic light reaction • Single bacteriochlorophyll based photosystem • Limited to cyclic photophosphorylation • Use different methods to generate reducing power • Molecules other than water are used as electron donor • O2 is not produced
Archaea have no chlorophyll based photosystems • They utilize a membrane protein called bacteriorhodopsin to capture radiant energy • In oxygen poor environments the pigment functions as a light-driven proton pump
Chemolithotrophy • Inorganic compounds serve as electron donors and energy source • Common electron donors include • H, reduced N, S or Fe • Photolithrotrophs require additional energy from sun • Purple bacteria
Low energy yield so they consume high quantities of inorganic molecules • Significant ecological impact • Iron bacteria • oxidize ferrous iron (Fe2+) into ferric iron (Fe3+) • Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans
Nitrifying bacteria • oxidize ammonia (NH3) to nitrate (NO3) • Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter • Hydrogen bacteria • oxidize hydrogen gas (H2) to water (H2O) • Alcoligenes eutrophus
Sulfur Oxidizing Bacteria • oxidize sulfides, sulfur and thiosulfate to sulfuric acid (H2SO4) • Thiobacillus thiooxidans • Many chemolithotrophs are autotrophic using CO2 as carbon source • Use reverse electron flow to reduce NAD
Reverse electron flowis necessary for chemolithoautotrophs to generatereducing power NADH reduction by sulfide and nitrite
Chemolithoautotrophy is very inefficient • much of the energy is expended on generating reducing power rather than ATP • Many will grow as heterotrophs if supplied with organic carbon sources • Many can grow either aerobically or anaerobically by varying the final electron acceptor