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Definition of bacteriopheophytin in English:

bacteriopheophytin

Pronunciation /bakˌtɪərɪə(ʊ)ˌfiːəˈfʌɪtn/

noun

(also bacˈteriophaeophytin)
Microbiology

  • Any of various phaeophytin derivatives of bacteriochlorophyll.

Origin

1970s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.