A CAM plant is a plant that uses crassulacean acid metabolism, an adaptation for photosynthesis in arid conditions, where CO2 taken in at night as organic acids is released for the Calvin cycle during the day.
Una planta CAM es una planta adaptada a condiciones áridas que utiliza el metabolismo ácido de las crasuláceas; convierte el CO2 nocturno en ácidos orgánicos que liberan CO2 para el ciclo de Calvin durante el día.
| Front | CAM plant |
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| Back | A plant that uses crassulacean acid metabolism, an adaptation for photosynthesis in arid conditions. In this process, carbon dioxide entering open stomata during the night is converted to organic acids, which release CO2 for the Calvin cycle during the day, when stomata are closed. |
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