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  • ...olored cells, the color mainly being due to the presence of C<sub>50</sub> carotenoids which its organic pigments that found in photosynthetic organisms.<sup>[[#R ...ther species of the genus <I>Haloferax</I>, however, the non polar lipids (carotenoids) were clearly noticeable to be different.<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> The
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  • ...'' the ability of growing phototrophically under anaerobic conditions. The carotenoids display the smooth red orange color of this species. There is not sure whet ...r'', the ''Erythrobacter litoralis'' has Zeaxanthin as major a carotenoid. Carotenoids bacteriorubixanthinal and erythroxanthin sulfate display a reddish color in
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  • ...ess it was promised that this bacterium would lead to the discovery of new carotenoids. [Takaichi et al.] ...uences. With that they were able to propose a biosynthetic pathway for the carotenoids, as well as, the genes and enzymes needed for it. They also discovered that
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  • ...ess it was promised that this bacterium would lead to the discovery of new carotenoids. [Takaichi et al.] ...uences. With that they were able to propose a biosynthetic pathway for the carotenoids, as well as, the genes and enzymes needed for it. They also discovered that
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  • ...nin, which is blue in color. These bacteria also contain chlorophyll a and carotenoids. Some contain the pigment phycoythrin, giving the bacteria a red or pink co ...roved to treat symptoms of radiation sickness after Chernobyl, because the carotenoids they contain absorb radiation. Evidence shows that it is capable of stoppin
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  • ...vesting complexes called chlorosomes that contain bacteriochlorophylls and carotenoids. ''Chlorobium'' grows in dense mats over hot springs as well as in other wa ...chlorosome, which consists of highly aggregated bacteriochlorophyll c and carotenoids surrounded by a lipid-protein envelope. This ovoid structure is different f
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  • ...gregated light-harvesting centers, including bacteriochlorophyll ''c'' and carotenoids that are surrounded by a protein-stabilized galactolipid monolayer that lie ...lorosomes as well as the biosynthetic pathways of bacteriochlorophylls and carotenoids. (4)
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  • .... radiotolerans'' are smooth, opaque, and contain pinkish to red pigmented carotenoids. The major pigmented components are bacterioruberin and monoanhydrobacterio ...ation seems to result from a combination of several mechanisms. Within its carotenoids, the components deinoxanthin and bacterioruberin are attributed to radiatio
    10 KB (1,430 words) - 17:50, 27 March 2023
  • ...ure, microbes produce bright colours such as green (chlorophylls) and red (carotenoids). Depending on the amount of sunlight, the temperature of the water changes ...and other bacteria to establish a microbial ecosystem. They mainly produce carotenoids.[[#References|[11]]]
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  • ...hl ''a'' synthesis (Yurkov et al). Due to the presence of large amounts of carotenoids, ''Erythromicrobium'' has a smooth red-orange color. Recent discoveries of
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  • ...ensitive to strong light and a photoautotroph that contains chlorophyll a, carotenoids, and phycobiliproteins. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of ''Gloeobacter v ...commonly found in tomatoes. It is also one of a family of pigments called carotenoids. This study is one of the first demonstrations of an oxygenic photosyntheti
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  • ...s anoxygenic phototrophs (Denner ''et al''). It contains a large amount of carotenoids, which is responsible for its smooth red-orange color (Koblizek ''et al'').
    4 KB (602 words) - 21:43, 30 July 2010
  • ...an perform anoxygenic photosynthesis and contain bacteriochlorophyll a and carotenoids of spirilloxanthin group.
    4 KB (605 words) - 21:05, 12 May 2015
  • ...d membrane lipids found solely in archaea and also contain a high level of carotenoids including lycopene, which gives them their distinctive red colour.
    5 KB (789 words) - 21:06, 6 August 2010
  • 4) Extraction of carotenoids ...occurring compounds found in photosynthetic bacteria. Studies found that carotenoids having antioxidant activity and provitamin A function are able to inhibit v
    12 KB (1,682 words) - 16:42, 8 October 2016
  • ...wo light-harvesting antennae complexes and a reaction center. They contain carotenoids which absorb light in addition to preventing photodamage, the main caroteno
    5 KB (702 words) - 20:53, 6 August 2010
  • ...rent when the cells are present in sufficient concentrations. One of these carotenoids, 3′,4′-epoxymonoanhydrobacterioruberin, is unique to ''H. volcanii'' [[ ...iv, M., Lenes, M., Norgard, S., and Liaaen-Jensen, S. "Three dodecaene C50-carotenoids from halophilic bacteria." ''Phytochemistry.'' 1995. Volume 39, No. 3, pp.
    12 KB (1,636 words) - 07:39, 24 October 2011
  • ...sible for the red colouring of salted brines [[#References|[1]]]. However, carotenoids responsible for the red colouration in ''D. salina'' are found in algal chl 17. Mixed Carotenoids. Rejuvenal healthy aging, n.d. Web. 22 Nov 2012.
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  • ...dustrial significance of ''R. glutinis'', including its ability to produce carotenoids, act as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel biocatalyst], and aid in b ...in groups encoded in the genome play roles in the metabolism of lipids and carotenoids, along with other genes that produce enzymes that are highly relevant to th
    18 KB (2,547 words) - 22:55, 6 December 2021
  • ...all peptidoglycan but instead is composed of many other proteins including carotenoids that give the cells their redish coloring (6). T. roseum utilizes CO as its
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