Any of a group of red photosynthetic pigments present in red algae and some cyanobacteria.
‘Red algae are red because of the presence of the pigment phycoerythrin; this pigment reflects red light and absorbs blue light.’
‘Cells were washed with phosphate-buffered saline and incubated with Becton Dickinson cocktails of antibodies conjugated to fluorescein isothiocyanate, phycoerythrin, peridinin chlorophyll protein, or allophycocyanin.’
‘However, not all ‘blue-green’ bacteria are blue; some common forms are red or pink from the pigment phycoerythrin.’
‘The vial on the right contains the reddish pigment phycoerythrin, which gives the red algae their common name.’
‘However, the induction of phycoerythrin under UV-B stress has also been reported.’
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