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Dinoroseobacter shibae  is an aerobic anoxygenic phototroph and able to utilize light energy to support its aerobic energy metabolism. Since the cells can also grow anaerobically with nitrate and nitrite as terminal electron acceptor, we were interested in how the cells profit from photosynthesis during denitrification and what the steps of chemiosmotic energy conservation are. Therefore, we conducted proton translocation experiments and compared O 2  - , NO 3  - , and NO 2  -  respiration during different light regimes and in the dark. We used wild type cells and transposon mutants with knocked-out nitrate- and nitrite- reductase genes ( napA  and  nirS ), as well as a mutant ( ppsR ) impaired in bacteriochlorophyll  a  synthesis. Light had a positive impact on proton translocation, independent of the type of terminal electron acceptor present. In the absence of an electron acceptor, however, light did not stimulate proton translocation. The light-driven add-on to proton translocation was about 1.4 H + /e -  for O 2  respiration and about 1.1 H + /e -  for NO 3  -  and NO 2  - . We could see that the chemiosmotic energy conservation during aerobic respiration involved proton translocation, mediated by the NADH dehydrogenase, the cytochrome  bc  1  complex, and the cytochrome  c  oxidase. During denitrification the last proton translocation step of the electron transport was missing, resulting in a lower H + /e -  ratio during anoxia. Furthermore, we studied the type of light-harvesting and found that the cells were able to channel light from the green–blue spectrum most efficiently, while red light has only minor impact. This fits well with the depth profiles for  D. shibae  abundance in the ocean and the penetration depth of light with different wavelengths into the water column.

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Chemiosmotic Energy Conservation in Dinoroseobacter shibae: Proton Translocation Driven by Aerobic Respiration, Denitrification, and Photosynthetic Light Reaction