Engineered light-harvesting antennae
Physiologicaland biochemicaladaptations for conditions of
low light, including tightly stacked thylakoids and large
light-harvesting antenna complexes (LHCs), allow microalgae to effectively capture light energy. As a result, high
light intensity can overwhelm their photosystems and lead
to the formation of reactive oxygen species, a reduction in
photosynthetic efficiency, and deleterious cell stress