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Chlorophyll

Definition

noun, plural: chlorophylls

The green pigment found in the chloroplasts of higher plants and in cells of photosynthetic microorganisms (e.g. photosynthetic bacteria), which is primarily involved in absorbing light energy for photosynthesis.


Supplement

The chlorophyll best absorbs light in the blue and red while poor in the green portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

The chlorophyll is a chlorin pigment with magnesium at the center of the chlorin ring. There are about five closely related chlorophylls:


Word origin: Greek chloros (green) and phyllon (leaf).

Also called: green pigment

Compare: carotenoid


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Do AFA bacteria contain chlorophyll?

Actually that link you gave me kind of says cyanobacteria have chlorophyll.

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by vyr
Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:09 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Do AFA bacteria contain chlorophyll?
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Re: Do AFA bacteria contain chlorophyll?

... is, internet is full of the propaganda and you can't really easily find a reliable source on the topic. Wikipedia says some cyanobacteria have chlorophyll but they're not even the same class as the "AFA algae". Yeah, those multimarketing companies are junk I know, yet I was wondering ...

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by vyr
Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:45 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Do AFA bacteria contain chlorophyll?
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Do AFA bacteria contain chlorophyll?

No, some bacteria do have chlorophyll. Hey chloroplast used to be bacteria :) A little more details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthetic_pigment However the claim that chlorophyll would have any healing power is "woo"le ...

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by canalon
Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:24 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Do AFA bacteria contain chlorophyll?
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Do AFA bacteria contain chlorophyll?

... they've put bold claims about the 'healing' power of those 'algae'. One thing I found interesting is that they claim that AFA contain a lot of chlorophyll and I thought photosynthetic bacteria don't have chlorophyll. So the question is, where can I check that for sure? And ultimately, do AFA ...

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by vyr
Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:08 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Do AFA bacteria contain chlorophyll?
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Re: green wavelength in plant photosynthesis

... on this head to write a bit in my report. will it change the colour of its leaves? Blue and Red are the major parts of the spectrum where chlorophyll absorbs light. This doesn't mean that green light isn't used at all, especially by other pigments such as carotenoids. I would expect that ...

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by robsabba
Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:59 pm
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: green wavelength in plant photosynthesis
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