photosynthetic pigments

They also supplement photosynthetic pigments that absorb light energy in the blue region.

Often, these organisms are coloured, due to the presence of photosynthetic pigments.

Absorption of light by photosynthetic pigments converts photons into chemical energy.

Bacteriochlorophylls are photosynthetic pigments that occur in various phototrophic bacteria.

These bacteria contain photosynthetic pigments in their cytoplasm to perform photosynthesis.

Certain species of phytoplankton, dinoflagellates, contain photosynthetic pigments that vary in color from green to brown to red.

Most photoreceptors and photosynthetic pigments utilize the portion of the light spectrum that is transmitted well through water.

Green plants have five closely related photosynthetic pigments (in order of increasing polarity):

They differ from other antenna complexes by their large size and lack of protein matrix supporting the photosynthetic pigments.

Examples for photosynthetic pigments are chlorophyll, carotenoids and phycobilins.

Chlorella contains the green photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll-a and -b in its chloroplast.

Although blue-green in colour, the algae contain the photosynthetic pigments that give the birds their pink colour.

Nostoc commune does not have chloroplasts but contains photosynthetic pigments in the cytoplasm of the cells.

Anoxygenic phototrophs have photosynthetic pigments called bacteriochlorophylls (similar to chlorophyll found in eukaryotes).

Inside the photosystems embedded in chloroplast thylakoid membranes are various photosynthetic pigments, which absorb and transfer light energy.

Like true algae, cyanobacteria are photosynthetic and contain photosynthetic pigments, which is why they are usually green or blue.

It had detected the absorption signatures of several classes of photosynthetic pigments, most notably rhodopsin and chlorophyll.

They are unique among the photosynthetic pigments in that they are bonded to certain water-soluble proteins, known as phycobiliproteins.

Accessory photosynthetic pigments broaden the spectrum of light absorbed, increasing the range of wavelengths that can be used in photosynthesis.

The effectiveness of photons of different wavelengths depends on the absorption spectra of the photosynthetic pigments in the organism.

Cyanobacteria, which reside several meters underwater, cannot receive the correct wavelengths required to cause photoinduced charge separation in conventional photosynthetic pigments.

The types of phytoplankton comprising a bloom can be determined by examination of the varying photosynthetic pigments found in chloroplasts of each species.

Photosynthetic pigments such as chlorophylls a,b and c some others e.g. xanthophylls, carotenoids, phycobilins are also embedded within the granum membrane.

About one half of dinoflagellates lack photosynthetic pigments and specialize in consuming other eukaryotic cells, and even photosynthetic forms are often predatory.

The thylakoid membrane is the site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis with the photosynthetic pigments embedded directly in the membrane.