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Cells > Cellular Structures > Cell Membrane > Purple Membrane
Bacterial Structures > Purple Membrane

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Purple Membrane  

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  • Functionally and structurally differentiated, purple-pigmented regions of the cytoplasmic membrane of some strains of Halobacterium halobium. The membrane develops under anaerobic conditions and is made almost entirely of the purple pigment BACTERIORHODOPSINS. (From Singleton & Sainsbury Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)

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