Cyanelle

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In essence, a chloroplast. This term is used in reference to the chloroplasts of glaucophytes and a few other types because the structure is so primitive that it includes a number of morphological and genetic features otherwise found only in cyanobacteria.

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Steiner, J, B Pfanzagl, Y Ma & W Löffelhardt (2002), Evolution and biology of cyanelles. Biol. & Environ.: Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 102B: 7–9.

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