photosynthetic pigment

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pigment
noun[C or U]
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/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/us
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/
a substance that gives something a particular colour when it is present in it or is added ...
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Unraveling the electronic structure of individualphotosyntheticpigment-protein complexes.
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Another promising class of biomarkers is the porphyrins, which form the basic structure for thephotosyntheticpigmentchlorophyll and heme, a prosthetic group found in several proteins of aerobic organisms.
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One definition is that algae have chlorophyll as their primaryphotosyntheticpigmentand lack a sterile covering of cells around their reproductive cells.
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Examples of bilins are found in animals, and phycocyanobilin, the chromophore of thephotosyntheticpigmentphycocyanin in algae and plants.
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Thisphotosyntheticpigmentis essential for photosynthesis in eukaryotes, cyanobacteria and prochlorophytes because of its role as primary electron donor in the electron transport chain.
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Carotene is an orangephotosyntheticpigmentimportant for photosynthesis.
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These oligotrophic organisms are abundant in nutrient poor tropical waters and use a uniquephotosyntheticpigment, divinyl-chlorophyll, to absorb light and acquire energy.
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Theirphotosyntheticpigment, bacteriorhodopsin, is actually opaque to the longer wavelength ultraviolet (its red color).
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Bacteriorhodopsin is aphotosyntheticpigmentused by archaea, the most notable one being halobacteria.
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The reduced rates of photosynthesis may also be explained by the loss of photosynthetic pigments.
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So, photosynthetic pigments could be good biomarkers to show not only the presence of algae but also their micro-spatial distribution in situ.
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Reaction centers are classed into two types depending on the type ofphotosyntheticpigmentpresent, with most photosynthetic bacteria only having one type, while plants and cyanobacteria have two.
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The remote sensing of photosynthesis via the spectroscopic detection of seasonal changes in photosynthetic pigments is also a possibility.
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Use of this energy requires photosynthetic pigments to harness visible photons, the most important being chlorophyll.
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The sediment samples studied have a distinctive spectral signature owing to the vibration absorption features and photosynthetic pigments of the stratified microbial community that populate the sabkha environment.
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The present brief literature review illustrates that there is currently little consensus over which spectral transformations have the strongest relationships with the concentrations of plant photosynthetic pigments.
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Light harvesting antennae and light reaction centres replete with photosynthetic pigments and proteins are embedded within thylakoid membranes that ring this cell in four to seven layers.
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Plants make various photosynthetic pigments, some of which can be seen here through paper chromatography.
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Carotenoid are photosynthetic pigments usually found in chloroplasts of plants and in photosynthetic organisms like algae and fungus.
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These bacteria contain photosynthetic pigments in their cytoplasm to perform photosynthesis.
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