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    Photosynthesis

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    Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photopigment-bearing autotrophic organisms, such as most plants, algae and cyanobacteria, convert

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    Photosynthesis (disambiguation)

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    Photosynthesis is a biological process to convert light into chemical energy. Photosynthesis may also refer to: Photosynthesis (board game), first introduced

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    Photosynthesis (board game)

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    Photosynthesis is a strategy board game designed by Hjalmar Hach and published by Blue Orange in 2017. There are four differently-coloured player boards

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    Artificial photosynthesis

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    Artificial photosynthesis is a chemical process that biomimics the natural process of photosynthesis. The term artificial photosynthesis is used loosely

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    Photosynthesis Research

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    Photosynthesis Research is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering various aspects of photosynthesis. It is published by Springer Science+Business

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    Anoxygenic photosynthesis

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    Anoxygenic photosynthesis is a special form of photosynthesis used by some bacteria, which differs from the better known oxygenic photosynthesis in plants

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    Photosynthesis system

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    field. Photosynthesis systems are commonly used in agronomic and environmental research, as well as studies of the global carbon cycle. Photosynthesis systems

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    Evolution of photosynthesis

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    The evolution of photosynthesis refers to the origin and subsequent evolution of photosynthesis, the process by which light energy is used to assemble

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    Costasiella kuroshimae

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    mollusks in the family Costasiellidae. Despite being animals, they perform photosynthesis, via kleptoplasty. Discovered in 1993 off the coast of the Japanese

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    Quantum biology

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    electrons and protons (hydrogen ions) in chemical processes, such as photosynthesis, visual perception, olfaction, and cellular respiration. Moreover, quantum

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    C4 carbon fixation

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    more common C3 carbon fixation. The main carboxylating enzyme in C3 photosynthesis is called RuBisCO, which catalyses two distinct reactions using either

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    Chlorophyll a

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    Chlorophyll a is a specific form of chlorophyll used in oxygenic photosynthesis. It absorbs most energy from wavelengths of violet-blue and orange-red

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Photosynthesis

Biological process to convert light into chemical energy

Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photopigment-bearing autotrophic organisms, such as most plants, algae and cyanobacteria, convert light energy—typically from sunlight—into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.

The term photosynthesis usually refers to oxygenic photosynthesis, a process that releases oxygen as a byproduct of water splitting. Photosynthetic organisms store the converted chemical energy within the bonds of intracellular organic compounds, typically carbohydrates like sugars, starches, phytoglycogen and cellulose. When needing to use this stored energy, an organism's cells then metabolize the organic compounds through cellular respiration. Photosynthesis plays a critical role in producing and maintaining the oxygen content of the Earth's atmosphere, and it supplies most of the biological energy necessary for complex life on Earth.

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