New carotenoids from the thermophilic green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum: 1',2'-dihydro-γ-carotene, 1',2'-dihydrochlorobactene, and OH-chlorobactene glucoside ester, and the carotenoid composition of different strains

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 270-276

  Takaichi, Shinichi ^a   Wang, Zheng Yu ^b   Umetsu, Mitsuo ^b   Nozawa, Tsunenori ^b   Shimada, Keizo ^c   Madigan, Michael T ^d  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1',2' Dihydro carotene; 1',2' Dihydrochlorobactene; Bacteriochlorophyll c; Carotenoid biosynthesis; Chlorobium tepidum; Green sulfur bacteria; Nicotine; OH Chlorobactene glucoside ester; Thermophily

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; PIGMENT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROBIUM; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROBI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACIDS; LAURATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NICOTINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS;

EID: 0030774641     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050498     Document Type: Article

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