NALT

Preferred term

Crassulacean acid metabolism

Topic

Biochemical pathway where the initial carbon fixation occurs in the outer mesophyll cells during the night when the stomates are open. When stomates are closed during the day, the C4 acids are transferred from vacuoles to the chloroplasts where the Calvin cycle occurs to produce glucose.

carbon pathways

C4 photosynthesis

CAM pathway
CAM photosynthesis

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

10123

Spanish

metabolismo ácido crasuláceo

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/20718

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 5/26/17