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What is a pyrenoid?

What is a pyrenoid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biology) any of several transparent structures found in the chloroplast of certain algae etc.; they are responsible for the fixation of carbon dioxide and the formation of starch
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Schmitz states that the chromatophore is thickened in the middle and contains a pyrenoid.
A pyrenoid lies in a fold of the chromatophore on the dorsal part.
The pyrenoid is evidently concerned in the formation of the chromatophore, or in its division.

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