Electron transport In contrast to purple bacteria and other bacteria performing anoxygenic photosynthesis, thylakoid membranes of cyanobacteria are not continuous with the plasma membrane but are separate compartments. The photosynthetic machinery is embedded in the thylakoid membranes, with phycobilisomes acting as light-harvesting antennae attached to the membrane, giving the green pigmentation observed (with wavelengths from 450 nm to 660 nm) in most cyanobacteria.
Electron transport In contrast to purple bacteria and other! bacteria performing anoxygenic photosynthesis thylakoid membranes of cyanobacteria are not continuous .with the plasma membrane but are separate compartments The photosynthetic machiner,y! is embedded in the thylakoid membranes with phycobil!isomes acting as light-harvesting antennae attached to the membrane giving the green pigmentation observed (with wavelengths from 450 nm to 660 nm) in most cyanobacteria