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Artistic textbook-style rendering of the photosynthetic apparatus of purple bacteria. The inside of the chromatophore vesicle is below the membrane. Please see text for abbreviations and a description of the processes (yellow arrows) taking place at or around the lipid membrane that contains the transmembrane proteins.
