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...polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB). It also supports the biosynthesis of alkene and carotenoids. [https://blog.microbiologics.com/environmental-isolate-case-files-micrococ

...with mycosporine-like amino acids, reactive oxygen metabolite "quenchers" (carotenoids, superoxide dismutase, catalase or peroxidases), and DNA repair processes s

...gure 6. Exposure to UV-B radiation caused a rapid increase in the ratio of carotenoids to chlorophyll a in the cyanobacteria species ''Nostoc commune''. This incr ...fer an electron to the damaged carotenoid [3]. Thus, an abundance of both carotenoids and vitamin E and C lead to a more effective removal of ROS from cyanobacte

...meter, with both regular and irregular edges. The yellow pigment is due to carotenoids, a class of naturally occurring pigments. K. eikastus can be differentiated

...lar salt lakes in China, Inner Mongolia and Russia[[#References|[3]]]. The carotenoids inside many Halobacteriaceae cause the red coloring and serve to protect DN ...of approximately 2mm in diameter[[#References|[11]]]. The bacterioruberin carotenoids present in the microorganisms is responsible for the red color3, and the co

.... The rose color of the bacteria is formed by the optical activity of the carotenoids (pigments of chloroplast). Spirilloxanthin is the most abundant carotenoid ...hen the cells have a lot of pigment like the bacteriochlorophyll a and the carotenoids. When ''T. roseopersicina'' is growing under chemolithotropic conditions, i

...iaceae is a result of membrane bound pigments such a bacteriorhodopsin and carotenoids that are able to capture high energy photons that would otherwise be capabl

...ma serve as a food source for filter feeding flamingoes in soda lakes. The carotenoids in A. maxima give the birds their pink color.

...gment peak, eluting after 17.3±0.2 min. This suggests the presence of C-40 carotenoids. This is distinctly different from halophilic archaea (10). 9. Anton J, Balashov S, Boichenko V, Lanyi J, Wang J. “Functions of carotenoids in xanthorhodopsin and archaerhodopsin, from action spectra of photoinhibit

...ws '''[[Rhodospirillum]]''' to abosrob light with longer wavelengths. ''[[Carotenoids]]'' help the bacteria gather light energy for photosynthesis and give this

...d or dark brown. Photosynthetic pigments are bacetriochlorophyll ''a'' and carotenoids of the spirilloxanthin series (Brenner et al.).

...us aureus on TSA.jpg|thumb|300px|right|<b>Figure 4</b>: Staphyloxanthin, a carotenoids pigment. It gives the color of S. aureus and its ability to withstand oxida ...search showed that when crtM, the gene that contributes to the function of carotenoids pigment, was inhibited, <i>S. aureus</i> became more susceptible to ROS, in

...also looked at using halophiles in industry to produce carotenoids. These carotenoids have numerous “potential uses in Biotechnology and Biomedicine.”<sup>[h

...elgado-Vargas, F., Jimenez, A.R., and Paredes-Lopez, O. “Natural Pigments: Carotenoids, Anthocyanins, and Betalains — Characteristics, Biosynthesis, Processing,

...ncentration were not measured for this bacterium. However, the presence of carotenoids within this bacterium likely allows it to have some levels of resistance to ...protein (2). Its genome also encodes genes that can be used to synthesize carotenoids that act as antioxidants and additional supports to increase tolerance of h

...most often have a red-orange appearance that stems from the production of carotenoids via the metabolism of tepernoids and polyketides [7]. Carotenoid production

...side (LH2 of ''R. acidophila'') and lycopene (LH2 of ''R. molischianum''). Carotenoids are useful not only in providing a greater range of absorption wavelengths,

...ant Halobacteria. The red coloration of the ponds is due to C₅₀ carotenoids.[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Francisco_Bay_Salt_Ponds.jpg]] ...synthesis.<ref name= Brock/> These species have red-colored C₅₀ carotenoids as their main pigment and their form of phototrophy does not fix carbon dio

...uced radicals[[#References|[5]]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotinoid Carotenoids] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanin melanin] also form pigmentations

...nm, indicating the presence of carotenoids. Using mass spectroscopy, the carotenoids were identified to most likely be chlorobactene. The 16S rRNA sequence of