phycobilisomen.
/ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪsəʊm/, /ˌfʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈbʌɪlɪsəʊm/, U.S. /ˌfaɪkoʊˈbɪlᵻˌsoʊm/, /ˌfaɪkoʊˈbaɪlᵻˌsoʊm/ In certain algae: a photosynthetic granule containing phycobiliprotein.
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anthosperm1844
trichosporangium1857
zoogonidium1857
octospore1870
macrozoogonidium1880
parthenospore1881
akinete1884
parthenogonidium1885
parthenosperm1889
phycobilin1945
phycobiliprotein1966
phycobilisome1966
phycoplast1972
1966 Gantt & Conti in Brookhaven Symp. Biol. 19 404 The following are the reasons for considering these chloroplast granules of P[orphyridium] cruentum as sites of phycobilin aggregation... For these granules we propose the name phycobilisomes.
1971 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 48 285/2 Whereas it is true that phycobilisomes have not yet been found in every species of red and blue-green algae, they are believed to exist in all photosynthetic species of these two groups.
1989 Nature 21 Sept. 245/2 Phycobilisomes, the light-harvesting complexes of cyanobacteria, account for up to 60% of the soluble protein content in these organisms.
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