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Definition of Bacteriochlorophyll

1. Noun. A substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants.

Definition of Bacteriochlorophyll

1. Noun. (biology) A photosynthetic pigment occurring in various phototrophic bacteria, related to the chlorophylls. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Bacteriochlorophyll

1. Varieties of chlorophyll (bacteriochlorophylls a, b, c, d, e and g) found in photosynthetic bacteria and differing from plant chlorophyll in the substituents around the tetrapyrrole nucleus of the molecule and in the absorption spectra. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Bacteriochlorophyll

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1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Macromolecules of the water-soluble complex of bacteriochlorophyll protein can ... bacteriochlorophyll protein is a 3 JULY 1970 water-soluble complex with a ..."

2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"The annual surface protein and bacteriochlorophyll concentrations peaked during the ... The surface bacteriochlorophyll levels tended to parallel the pH and ..."

3. Emf Science Review Symposium: Breakout Group Reports for Theoretical edited by Mary S. Wolfe, Christopher J. Portier (1997)
"... first disclosed the physical nature of the first steps in activation of the cytochrome c-bacteriochlorophyll complex by millisecond electron transfer. ..."

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