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Where can pyrenoids be seen?


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Pyrenoids:

  1. Pyrenoids are tiny spherical protein bodies surrounded by starch deposition.
  2. These are seen singly or in clusters implanted in the chloroplast of several algae and bryophytes.
  3. Its known function is to promote photosynthetic CO2 fixation.

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