The Chloroplast

Chloroplast

• was first used/described by Nehemiah Grew

and Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
• are organelles that carry out photosynthesis
• Contains a green pigment called chlorophyll
Endosymbiotic Theory
Components of Chloroplast
Plastid

• is a double-membrane bounded organelle

which is primarily associated with the storage
or manufacture of important chemical
compounds used by the cell
Types of Plastids
• According to Schimper, different kinds of
plastids can transform into one another.
Chloroplast DNA