We review here the background and the experiments that led to the concept of excitation energy transfer among photosystem (PS) II units. On the basis of a kinetic analysis of oxygen evolution and chlorophyll a fluorescence yield, the authors showed, in 1964, that the PS II photochemical reaction involved in the formation of oxygen is not a first-order process. We concluded that excitation energy localized in a 'photosynthetic unit' including a reduced primary acceptor is transferred with a high probability to neighboring PS II units. Here, the beginnings and the original data of this topic are presented.
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