Meaning

1 senses

  1. A photosynthetic pigment related to the chlorophylls, occurring in various bacteria doing anoxygenic photosynthesis.

More definitions
  • a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants

Translations

4 languages

Forms

plural: bacteriochlorophylls

Word family

2 related words
Derivedbacteriochlorophyllicbacteriochlorophyllide

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
backyardB2baconB1bacteriabacterialbacteriumbadA1
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