Spirilloxanthin is released by detergent from Rubrivivax gelatinosus reaction center as an aggregate with unusual spectral properties

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-42

  Agalidis, Ileana ^a   Mattioli, Tony ^b   Reiss Husson, Françoise ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Carotenoprotein; Photosynthetic purple bacteria; Rubrivivax gelatinosus; Spirilloxanthin

Indexed keywords

RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS;

EID: 0033427905     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006384113191     Document Type: Article

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