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“But wait!” you might be saying to yourself. “How can an organism be photosynthetic and so afraid of oxygen? Doesn’t photosynthesis create oxygen?” And yes, you would be correct—most of the time…
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SOURCES:
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss3/pigments.html
https://academic.oup.com/femsle/article/362/6/fnv021/581775
https://www.pnas.org/content/109/22/8570
https://www.livescience.com/51720-photosynthesis.html
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226476437_An_Overview_of_Purple_Bacteria_Systematics_Physiology_and_Habitats
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-306-47954-0_45
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature04068
https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2005/oct/HQ_05338_toxic_seas.html
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