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Katiusca Gonzalez
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Chloroplast- are
organelles special units
in a plant and algal
cells
They conduct
photosynthesis in
plants , the
photosynthetic
pigment chlorophyll
that captures the
energy from sunlight
It stores it in an energy
storage ATP and
NADPH, and frees
oxygen from water
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Chloroplasts few
of many types of
organelles in a
plant cell.
They are
originated from
cyanobacteria
through
endosymbiosis.
Chloroplasts are
only found in
plants algae.
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Cyanobacteria are
basically the ancestors
of chloroplasts.
They can be called
blue-green algae even
though they are
prokaryotes
Prokaryotes- singlecelled organism that
has neither a distinct
nucleus with a
membrane nor other
specialized organelles
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The alga Cyanophora, a glaucophyte, is thought to be one
of the first organism to have chloroplast in it.
The Glaucophyte chloroplast group is the smallest of three
main chloroplasts
Glaucophyte chloroplast thylakoids are studded with light
colleting structures called phycobilisomes.
Phycobilisomes- light harvesting antennae of photosysem 2
in cyanobacteria, red algae and glaucophytes.