chlorophyll a

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English

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Noun

chlorophyll a (uncountable)

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

(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)

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