Produktion av kolhydrater, med frigörande av molekylärt syre, utifrån koldioxid och vatten i klorofyllvävnad hos växter och blågröna alger under inverkan av ljus. Vid fotosyntes hos bakterier förbrukas svavelväte, molekylärt väte och andra reducerade föreningar i stället för vatten, varvid molekylärt syre inte frigörs.
The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds. Photosynthesis comprises two separate processes: the light reactions and the dark reactions. In higher plants; GREEN ALGAE; and CYANOBACTERIA; NADPH and ATP formed by the light reactions drive the dark reactions which result in the fixation of carbon dioxide. (from Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2001)
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Dark Reactions of Photosynthesis — Photosynthesis Dark Reaction — Photosynthesis Dark Reactions — Reductive Pentose Phosphate Cycle — Calvin-Benson Cycle — Calvin Benson Cycle — Cycle, Calvin-Benson — Calvin-Benson-Bassham Cycle — Calvin Benson Bassham Cycle — Cycle, Calvin-Benson-Bassham — Calvin Cycle — Cycle, Calvin — Carbon Fixation, Photosynthetic — Photosynthetic Carbon Fixation