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John M. Olson (September 18, 1929 – July 2, 2017) was an American biophysicist and pioneer researcher in photosynthesis, especially light harvesting complex of green sulfur bacteria.

In 1962 Olson was the first to discover and characterize pigment-protein complex of green sulfur bacteria (Chlorobiota), which was later named after him as Fenna–Matthews–Olson complex. In 1980s he intensively studied bacteriochlorophyll self-assembly in chlorosomes of green sulfur and green non-sulfur bacteria.

References

1. ^ Blankenship, R.E., Brune, D.C. & Olson, J.C. (2018). "Remembering John M. Olson (1929–2017)". Photosynthesis Research. 137 (2): 161–169. doi:10.1007/s11120-018-0489-9. PMID 29460034. S2CID 254935010.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. Olson J.M., Romano C.A. (1962). "A new chlorophyll from green bacteria" (PDF). Biochim Biophys Acta. 59 (3): 726–728. doi:10.1016/0006-3002(62)90659-5. PMID 14481936.
3. Olson J.M. (1998). "Chlorophyll organization and function in green photosynthetic bacteria". Photochem Photobiol. 67: 61–75. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05166.x. S2CID 84418381.

Further reading

• Blankenship, R.E., Brune, D.C. & Olson, J.C. (2018). "Remembering John M. Olson (1929–2017)". Photosynthesis Research. 137 (2): 161–169. doi:10.1007/s11120-018-0489-9. PMID 29460034. S2CID 254935010.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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