SILVA: why is chloroplast defined as bacteria?

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silva, taxonomy

Nicholas_Bokulich (Nicholas Bokulich) December 4, 2018, 4:01am 2

Great question! See here:

en.wikipedia.org

Chloroplast

A chloroplast (/ˈklɔːrəˌplæst, -plɑːst/) is a type of organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells. Chloroplasts have a high concentration of chlorophyll pigments which capture the energy from sunlight and convert it to chemical energy and release oxygen. The chemical energy created is then used to make sugar and other organic molecules from carbon dioxide in a process called the Calvin cycle. Chloroplasts carry out a number of other functions, i

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