The major carotenoid in all known species of heliobacteria is the C30 carotenoid 4,4'-diaponeurosporene, not neurosporene

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-281

  Takaichi, Shinichi ^a   Inoue, Kazuhito ^b   Akaike, Mitsuhiro ^b   Kobayashi, Masami ^c   Oh oka, Hirozo ^d   Madigan, Michael T ^e  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4,4' Diaponeurosporene; Bacteriochlorophyll g; Carotenoids; Diapocarotenes; Heliobacillus mobilis; Heliobacteria; Heliobacterium chlorum; Heliobacterium gestii; Heliobacterium modesticaldum; Heliophilum fasciatum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; FARNESOL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYTOL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELIOBACILLUS MOBILIS; HELIOBACTERIUM CHLORUM; HELIOBACTERIUM GESTII; HELIOBACTERIUM MODESTICALDUM; HELIOPHILUM FASCIATUM;

EID: 0030809687     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050499     Document Type: Article

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