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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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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 (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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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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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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Cactus
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shade. In the absence of true leaves, cacti's enlarged stems carry out photosynthesis. Cactus spines are produced from specialized structures called areoles
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Plant
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Exceptions are parasitic plants that have lost the genes for chlorophyll and photosynthesis, and obtain their energy from other plants or fungi. Most plants are
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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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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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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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Terence McKenna
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Sound Photosynthesis Evolving Times (DVD, CD & Video/Audio Cassette) Sound Photosynthesis Food of the Gods (Audio/Video Cassette) Sound Photosynthesis Food
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Algae
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that have three or more membranes evolved from protists that acquired photosynthesis after engulfing archaeplastids. Chlorophytes, rhodophytes (red algae)

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Photosynthesis

Biological process to convert light into chemical energy

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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