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phycoerythrin

[fahy-koh-i-rith-rin, -er-uh-thrin]

noun

  1. a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.



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Red algae -- again, seaweed -- are red thanks to the light-harvesting pigment phycoerythrin.

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The colloidal solution of phycoerythrin in water has a brilliant rose-red color, with an orange fluorescence.

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Some appear blue or green due to an abundance of other pigments and a dearth of phycoerythrin.

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Phycophæin.—Still less is known of the composition of this pigment than of that of phycoerythrin.

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