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chlorophyll b

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chlorophyll b [′klȯr·ə‚fil ′bē]
(biochemistry)
C55H70O6N4Mg An ester similar to chlorophyllabut with a ‒CHO substituted for a ‒CH3; occurs in small amounts in all green plants and algae.


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The purity of the chlorophyll was about 86% (chlorophyll a, 73%; chlorophyll b, 13%).
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When first identified in 1985, Prochlorothrix intrigued biologists because it has both chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b -- a combination of photosynthetic pigments that closely resembles the pigments inside chloroplasts.
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