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'''Photoautotrophs''' are organisms that use [[light energy]] and inorganic carbon to produce organic materials. Eukaryotic photoautotrophs utilize absorb energy through the [[chlorophyll]] molecules in their [[chloroplast]]s while prokaryotic photoautotrophs use chlorophylls and [[bacteriochlorophyll]]s present in their [[cytoplasm]]. All known photoautotrophs perform [[photosynthesis]]. Examples include [[plant]]s, [[algae]], and [[cyanobacteria]]. |
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{{Short description|Organisms that use light and inorganic carbon to produce organic materials}} |
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[[File:Winogradsky-Säule- Anoxygene Phototrophe Bakterien.jpg|thumb|[[Winogradsky column]] showing Photoautotrophs in purple and green]] |
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'''Photoautotrophs''' are [[organism]]s that can utilize [[light energy]] from [[sunlight]] and [[chemical element|element]]s (such as [[carbon]]) from [[inorganic compound]]s to produce [[organic material]]s needed to sustain their own [[metabolism]] (i.e. [[autotrophy]]). Such biological activities are known as [[photosynthesis]], and examples of such organisms include [[plant]]s, [[algae]] and [[cyanobacteria]]. |
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[[Eukaryotic]] photoautotrophs absorb photonic energy through the [[photopigment]] [[chlorophyll]] (a [[porphyrin]] [[derivative]]) in their [[endosymbiont]] [[chloroplast]]s, while [[prokaryotic]] photoautotrophs use chlorophylls and [[bacteriochlorophyll]]s present in free-floating [[cytoplasm]]ic [[thylakoid]]s or, in rare cases, [[integral membrane protein|membrane-bound]] [[retinal]] derivatives such as [[bacteriorhodopsin]]. The vast majority of known photoautotrophs perform photosynthesis that produce [[oxygen]] as a [[byproduct]], while a small minority (such as [[haloarchaea]] and [[sulfur-reducing bacteria]]) perform [[anoxygenic photosynthesis]]. |
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== Origin and the Great Oxidation Event == |
== Origin and the Great Oxidation Event == |
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Chemical and geological evidence indicate that photosynthetic [[cyanobacteria]] existed about 2.6 billion years ago and [[anoxygenic photosynthesis]] had been taking place since a billion years before that.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Olson|first1=John M.|last2=Blankenship|first2=Robert E.|date=2004|title=Thinking About the Evolution of Photosynthesis|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1023/B:PRES.0000030457.06495.83|journal=Photosynthesis Research|language=en|volume=80|issue=1–3|pages=373–386|doi=10.1023/B:PRES.0000030457.06495.83|pmid=16328834|s2cid=1720483|issn=0166-8595}}</ref> Oxygenic [[photosynthesis]] was the primary source of |
Chemical and geological evidence indicate that photosynthetic [[cyanobacteria]] existed about 2.6 billion years ago and [[anoxygenic photosynthesis]] had been taking place since a billion years before that.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|author2-link=Robert E. Blankenship|last1=Olson|first1=John M.|last2=Blankenship|first2=Robert E.|date=2004|title=Thinking About the Evolution of Photosynthesis|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1023/B:PRES.0000030457.06495.83|journal=Photosynthesis Research|language=en|volume=80|issue=1–3|pages=373–386|doi=10.1023/B:PRES.0000030457.06495.83|pmid=16328834|bibcode=2004PhoRe..80..373O |s2cid=1720483|issn=0166-8595}}</ref> Oxygenic [[photosynthesis]] was the primary source of free oxygen and led to the [[Great Oxidation Event]] roughly 2.4 to 2.1 billion years ago during the [[Neoarchean]]-[[Paleoproterozoic]] boundary.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hodgskiss|first1=Malcolm S. W.|last2=Crockford|first2=Peter W.|last3=Peng|first3=Yongbo|last4=Wing|first4=Boswell A.|last5=Horner|first5=Tristan J.|date=27 August 2019|title=A productivity collapse to end Earth's Great Oxidation|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=116|issue=35|pages=17207–17212|doi=10.1073/pnas.1900325116|issn=0027-8424|pmc=6717284|pmid=31405980|bibcode=2019PNAS..11617207H |doi-access=free }}</ref> Although the end of the Great Oxidation Event was marked by a significant decrease in gross [[primary production|primary productivity]] that eclipsed extinction events,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lyons|first1=Timothy W.|last2=Reinhard|first2=Christopher T.|last3=Planavsky|first3=Noah J.|date=February 2014|title=The rise of oxygen in Earth's early ocean and atmosphere|url=http://www.nature.com/articles/nature13068|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=506|issue=7488|pages=307–315|doi=10.1038/nature13068|pmid=24553238|bibcode=2014Natur.506..307L |s2cid=4443958|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> the development of [[cellular respiration|aerobic respiration]] enabled more energetic metabolism of organic molecules, leading to [[symbiogenesis]] and the [[evolution]] of [[eukaryote]]s, and allowing the diversification of [[complex life]] on Earth. |
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== Prokaryotic photoautotrophs == |
== Prokaryotic photoautotrophs == |
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Prokaryotic photoautotrophs include [[Cyanobacteria]], [[ |
Prokaryotic photoautotrophs include [[Cyanobacteria]], [[Pseudomonadota]], [[Chloroflexota]], [[Acidobacteriota]], [[Green sulfur bacteria|Chlorobiota]], [[Bacillota]], [[Gemmatimonadota]], and Eremiobacterota.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Sánchez-Baracaldo|first1=Patricia|last2=Cardona|first2=Tanai|date=February 2020|title=On the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis and Cyanobacteria|journal=New Phytologist|language=en|volume=225|issue=4|pages=1440–1446|doi=10.1111/nph.16249|pmid=31598981|issn=0028-646X|doi-access=free|hdl=10044/1/74260|hdl-access=free}}</ref> |
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Cyanobacteria is the only prokaryotic group that performs oxygenic [[photosynthesis]]. Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria use [[Photosystem I| |
Cyanobacteria is the only prokaryotic group that performs oxygenic [[photosynthesis]]. Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria use [[Photosystem I|PSI]]- and [[Photosystem II|PSII]]-like [[photosystem]]s, which are pigment protein complexes for capturing light.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Björn|first=Lars|date=June 2009|title=The evolution of photosynthesis and chloroplasts|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299247771|journal=[[Current Science]]|volume=96|issue=11|pages=1466–1474|via=}}</ref> Both of these photosystems use [[bacteriochlorophyll]]. There are multiple hypotheses for how oxygenic photosynthesis evolved. The loss hypothesis states that PSI and PSII were present in anoxygenic ancestor cyanobacteria from which the different branches of anoxygenic bacteria evolved.<ref name=":2" /> The fusion hypothesis states that the photosystems merged later through [[horizontal gene transfer]].<ref name=":2" /> The most recent hypothesis suggests that PSI and PSII diverged from an unknown common ancestor with a protein complex that was coded by one gene. These photosystems then specialized into the ones that are found today.<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Eukaryotic photoautotrophs == |
== Eukaryotic photoautotrophs == |
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Eukaryotic photoautotrophs include [[red algae]], [[haptophyte]]s, [[stramenopile]]s, [[Cryptomonad|cryptophytes]], [[Chlorophyta|chlorophytes]], and [[Embryophyte|land plants]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yoon|first1=Hwan Su|last2=Hackett|first2=Jeremiah D.|last3=Ciniglia|first3=Claudia|last4=Pinto|first4=Gabriele|last5=Bhattacharya|first5=Debashish|date=May 2004|title=A Molecular Timeline for the Origin of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes|url=https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/molbev/msh075|journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution|language=en|volume=21|issue=5|pages=809–818|doi=10.1093/molbev/msh075|pmid=14963099|issn=1537-1719|doi-access=free}}</ref> These organisms perform [[photosynthesis]] through organelles called [[chloroplast]]s and are believed to have originated about 2 billion years ago.<ref name=":0" /> Comparing the genes of chloroplast and cyanobacteria strongly suggests that chloroplasts evolved as a result of [[Endosymbiont|endosymbiosis]] with [[cyanobacteria]] that gradually lost the genes required to be free-living. However, it is difficult to determine whether all chloroplasts originated from a single, primary endosymbiotic event, or multiple independent events.<ref name=":0" /> |
Eukaryotic photoautotrophs include [[red algae]], [[haptophyte]]s, [[stramenopile]]s, [[Cryptomonad|cryptophytes]], [[Chlorophyta|chlorophytes]], and [[Embryophyte|land plants]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yoon|first1=Hwan Su|last2=Hackett|first2=Jeremiah D.|last3=Ciniglia|first3=Claudia|last4=Pinto|first4=Gabriele|last5=Bhattacharya|first5=Debashish|date=May 2004|title=A Molecular Timeline for the Origin of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes|url=https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/molbev/msh075|journal=Molecular Biology and Evolution|language=en|volume=21|issue=5|pages=809–818|doi=10.1093/molbev/msh075|pmid=14963099|issn=1537-1719|doi-access=free}}</ref> These organisms perform [[photosynthesis]] through organelles called [[chloroplast]]s and are believed to have originated about 2 billion years ago.<ref name=":0" /> Comparing the genes of chloroplast and cyanobacteria strongly suggests that chloroplasts evolved as a result of [[Endosymbiont|endosymbiosis]] with [[cyanobacteria]] that gradually lost the genes required to be free-living. However, it is difficult to determine whether all chloroplasts originated from a single, primary endosymbiotic event, or multiple independent events.<ref name=":0" /> Some [[brachiopod]]s (''[[Gigantoproductus]]'') and [[bivalve]]s (''[[Tridacna]]'') also evolved photoautotrophy.<ref>{{cite book |
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| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=bL60DwAAQBAJ&dq=largest+Gigantoproductus+giganteus&pg=PA47 |
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| title = Convergent Evolution on Earth. Lessons for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life |
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| publisher = MIT Press |
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| date = 2019 |
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| access-date = 23 August 2022 |
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| page = 47 |
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| author = George R. McGhee, Jr. |
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| isbn = 9780262354189 |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 22:41, 15 October 2024
Photoautotrophs are organisms that can utilize light energy from sunlight and elements (such as carbon) from inorganic compounds to produce organic materials needed to sustain their own metabolism (i.e. autotrophy). Such biological activities are known as photosynthesis, and examples of such organisms include plants, algae and cyanobacteria.
Eukaryotic photoautotrophs absorb photonic energy through the photopigment chlorophyll (a porphyrin derivative) in their endosymbiont chloroplasts, while prokaryotic photoautotrophs use chlorophylls and bacteriochlorophylls present in free-floating cytoplasmic thylakoids or, in rare cases, membrane-bound retinal derivatives such as bacteriorhodopsin. The vast majority of known photoautotrophs perform photosynthesis that produce oxygen as a byproduct, while a small minority (such as haloarchaea and sulfur-reducing bacteria) perform anoxygenic photosynthesis.
Origin and the Great Oxidation Event
[edit]Chemical and geological evidence indicate that photosynthetic cyanobacteria existed about 2.6 billion years ago and anoxygenic photosynthesis had been taking place since a billion years before that.[1] Oxygenic photosynthesis was the primary source of free oxygen and led to the Great Oxidation Event roughly 2.4 to 2.1 billion years ago during the Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic boundary.[2] Although the end of the Great Oxidation Event was marked by a significant decrease in gross primary productivity that eclipsed extinction events,[3] the development of aerobic respiration enabled more energetic metabolism of organic molecules, leading to symbiogenesis and the evolution of eukaryotes, and allowing the diversification of complex life on Earth.
Prokaryotic photoautotrophs
[edit]Prokaryotic photoautotrophs include Cyanobacteria, Pseudomonadota, Chloroflexota, Acidobacteriota, Chlorobiota, Bacillota, Gemmatimonadota, and Eremiobacterota.[4]
Cyanobacteria is the only prokaryotic group that performs oxygenic photosynthesis. Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria use PSI- and PSII-like photosystems, which are pigment protein complexes for capturing light.[5] Both of these photosystems use bacteriochlorophyll. There are multiple hypotheses for how oxygenic photosynthesis evolved. The loss hypothesis states that PSI and PSII were present in anoxygenic ancestor cyanobacteria from which the different branches of anoxygenic bacteria evolved.[5] The fusion hypothesis states that the photosystems merged later through horizontal gene transfer.[5] The most recent hypothesis suggests that PSI and PSII diverged from an unknown common ancestor with a protein complex that was coded by one gene. These photosystems then specialized into the ones that are found today.[4]
Eukaryotic photoautotrophs
[edit]Eukaryotic photoautotrophs include red algae, haptophytes, stramenopiles, cryptophytes, chlorophytes, and land plants.[6] These organisms perform photosynthesis through organelles called chloroplasts and are believed to have originated about 2 billion years ago.[1] Comparing the genes of chloroplast and cyanobacteria strongly suggests that chloroplasts evolved as a result of endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria that gradually lost the genes required to be free-living. However, it is difficult to determine whether all chloroplasts originated from a single, primary endosymbiotic event, or multiple independent events.[1] Some brachiopods (Gigantoproductus) and bivalves (Tridacna) also evolved photoautotrophy.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Olson, John M.; Blankenship, Robert E. (2004). "Thinking About the Evolution of Photosynthesis". Photosynthesis Research. 80 (1–3): 373–386. Bibcode:2004PhoRe..80..373O. doi:10.1023/B:PRES.0000030457.06495.83. ISSN 0166-8595. PMID 16328834. S2CID 1720483.
- ^ Hodgskiss, Malcolm S. W.; Crockford, Peter W.; Peng, Yongbo; Wing, Boswell A.; Horner, Tristan J. (27 August 2019). "A productivity collapse to end Earth's Great Oxidation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (35): 17207–17212. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11617207H. doi:10.1073/pnas.1900325116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6717284. PMID 31405980.
- ^ Lyons, Timothy W.; Reinhard, Christopher T.; Planavsky, Noah J. (February 2014). "The rise of oxygen in Earth's early ocean and atmosphere". Nature. 506 (7488): 307–315. Bibcode:2014Natur.506..307L. doi:10.1038/nature13068. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 24553238. S2CID 4443958.
- ^ a b Sánchez-Baracaldo, Patricia; Cardona, Tanai (February 2020). "On the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis and Cyanobacteria". New Phytologist. 225 (4): 1440–1446. doi:10.1111/nph.16249. hdl:10044/1/74260. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 31598981.
- ^ a b c Björn, Lars (June 2009). "The evolution of photosynthesis and chloroplasts". Current Science. 96 (11): 1466–1474.
- ^ Yoon, Hwan Su; Hackett, Jeremiah D.; Ciniglia, Claudia; Pinto, Gabriele; Bhattacharya, Debashish (May 2004). "A Molecular Timeline for the Origin of Photosynthetic Eukaryotes". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21 (5): 809–818. doi:10.1093/molbev/msh075. ISSN 1537-1719. PMID 14963099.
- ^ George R. McGhee, Jr. (2019). Convergent Evolution on Earth. Lessons for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life. MIT Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780262354189. Retrieved 23 August 2022.