Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: The first photosynthetic organism appeared in this planet is photosynthetic bacteria, which did not evolve oxygen in the process of photosynthesis. About 2.5 billion years ago, first oxygenic phototroph, cyanobacteria, appeared on the earth and evolved molecular oxygen. This event was the start of the changes in global environment. The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has been decreased and photosynthetic organisms developed their photosynthetic machinery according to environmental changes. We discuss the evolution of photosynthesis in relation to the environmental changes.
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2575059062