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Noun
[edit]- The universal chlorophyll (C55H72MgN4O5) essential to the dominant oxygenic photosynthesis I process, present in all eukaryotes, cyanobacteria, chromists, and prochlorophytes that photosynthesize, and that contributes to the observed green color of these organisms.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (most essential chlorophyll): chlorophyll b (especially in shade-adpated plants and green algae), chlorophyll c (brown algae, diatoms), chlorophyll c1, chlorophyll c2, chlorophyll d (cyanobacteria, red algae), chlorophyll f (stromatolites)
Further reading
[edit]chlorophyll a on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “chlorophyll a”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Category:Chlorophyll on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons