chlorophyll a

English

chlorophyll a model

Noun

chlorophyll a (uncountable)

1. 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)

Further reading

• chlorophyll a on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “chlorophyll a”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Category:Chlorophyll on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons