Term Name: | organellar chromatophore |
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Synonyms: | Paulinella-type chromatophore |
Definition: | A bacteroid-containing symbiosome in which the bacterial component is a genetically highly reduced cyanobacterium that is photosynthetically active and incapable of an independent existence outside its host. The chromatophore functions as a photosynthetic organelle, and has been found and characterized in the amoeba Paulinella chromatophora. |
Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0070111] QuickGO AmiGO |