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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

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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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