Linearly polarized light absorption spectra of chlorosomes, light-harvesting antennas of photosynthetic green sulfur bacteria

Polarized light absorption spectra of ellipsoid-shaped chlorosomes in a specially compressed polyacrylamide gel in the visible Soret region as well as the near-infrared Qy region provided useful information for supramolecular structures of bacteriochlorophyll self-aggregates in a chlorosome.