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, Volume 82, Issue 3, pp 240–246 | Cite as

Carotenoids of a gliding organism containing bacteriochlorophylls

  • Lawrence N. Halfen
  • Beverly K. Pierson
  • George W. Francis
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Summary

  1. 1.

    The carotenoids of a gliding filamentous organism containing bacteriochlorophylls a and c were as follows: β-, γ- and retro-dehydro-γ-carotene, echinenone, 4-keto-γ-carotene, 1′-hydroxy-1′,2′-dihydro-γ-carotene, O-hexosyl-1′-hydroxy-1′,2′-dihydro-γ-carotene, O-glycosyl-1′-hydroxy-1′,2′-dihydro-3′,4′-didehydro-γ-carotene and O-hexosyl-4-keto-1′-hydroxy-1′,2′-dihydro-3′,4′-didehydro-γ-carotene.

     
  2. 2.

    The carotenoid composition was briefly compared with that of other prokaryotic organisms.

     

Keywords

Carotenoid Bacteriochlorophyll Prokaryotic Organism Carotenoid Composition Echinenone 
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Non-standard abbreviations

LAH

(Fig.1) refers to reduction with LiAlH4

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Lawrence N. Halfen
    • 1
  • Beverly K. Pierson
    • 2
  • George W. Francis
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of Biochemistry, Norway Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TrondheimTrondheim-NTHNorway
  2. 2.Department of BiologyUniversity of OregonEugeneU.S.A.
  3. 3.Department of Organic Chemistry, Norway Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TrondheimTrondheim-NTHNorway

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