Term Name: organellar chromatophore
Synonyms: Paulinella-type chromatophore
Definition: A bacteroid-containing symbiosome in which the bacterial component is a genetically highly reduced cyanobacterium that is photosynthetically active and incapable of an independent existence outside its host. The chromatophore functions as a photosynthetic organelle, and has been found and characterized in the amoeba Paulinella chromatophora.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0070111]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: organellar chromatophore intermembrane space organellar chromatophore membrane organellar chromatophore thylakoid
is a type of: bacteroid-containing symbiosome