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bacteriochlorophyll

[bak¦tir·ē·ə′klȯr·ə‚fil]
(biochemistry)
C52H70O6N4Mg A tetrahydroporphyrin chlorophyll compound occurring in the forms a and b in photosynthetic bacteria; there is no evidence that b has the empirical formula given.
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