| Value |
9.7
photons absorbed per oxygen evolved
|
| Organism |
Green algae Chlorella vulgaris |
| Reference |
Anastasios Melis, Solar energy conversion efficiencies in photosynthesis: Minimizing the chlorophyll antennae to maximize efficiency, Plant Science Volume 177, Issue 4, October 2009, Pages 272-280 doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2009.06.005 p.272 |
| Primary Source |
A.C. Ley, D. Mauzerall, Absolute absorption cross-section of photosystem-II and the minimum quantum requirement for photosynthesis in Chlorella vulgaris, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 680 (1982) 95–106. |
| Comments |
9.7 photons
absorbed per oxygen evolved, or carbon dioxide converted to
biomass (equivalent to 0.103 O2 evolved per photon absorbed). See BNID 104652, 104653, 104656 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
106363 |