What are the different types of Chlorophyll, what is their role and in which organisms are they found?
Chlorophylls are the primary photosynthetic pigment class reflecting green but absorbing both blue and red wavelengths. Though chlorophyll a does the primary electron capture to drive the process of generating carbohydrates for energy it is aided by accessory pigments including chlorophyll b in plants and green algae species. Chlorophyll b in light harvesting complexes has a main function of collecting energy it passes to chlorophyll a but a secondary function is to regulate the light harvesting antenna size. http://www.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/plantada… The other two forms of chlorophyll also pair with chlorophyll a as accessory pigments but in different classes of organisms than chlorophyll b. Chlorophyll c1, & Chlorophyll c2 are present in brown algae, diatoms, and flagellates in Kingdom Protista. Chlorophyll d is in the Cyanobacteria like Acaryochloris marina with an unusual far-red,
