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Phycobilisome

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004923

A small, spherical light-harvesting structure in red algae and cyanobacteria composed mainly of phycobilin. Phycobilisomes contain the pigments that transfer light energy to chlorophyll A.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004923
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoLight harvesting complex; Phycobilin; Phycobiliprotein
TranslationsSpanish: ficobilisoma
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004923",
  "term": "Phycobilisome",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A small, spherical light-harvesting structure in red algae and cyanobacteria composed mainly of phycobilin. Phycobilisomes contain the pigments that transfer light energy to chlorophyll A.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "light harvesting complex",
    "phycobilin",
    "phycobiliprotein"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ficobilisoma"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/phycobilisome/"
}

Record 4,858 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.