Science. 1962 Jan 12;135(3498):101-2. doi: 10.1126/science.135.3498.101.
Illumination of Chromatium with light absorbed by bacteriochlorophyll causes the oxidation of intracellular cytochrome. The quantum efficiency of this reaction approaches one electron per photon at 589 millimicrons and at wavelengths between 862 and 908 millimicrons. The efficiency of converting excitation energy to chemical energy is estimated to be about 30 percent.
用细菌叶绿素吸收的光照射着色菌会引起细胞内细胞色素的氧化。在 589 毫微米和 862 到 908 毫微米之间的波长处,该反应的量子效率接近每个光子一个电子。将激发能转化为化学能的效率估计约为 30%。