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The carotenoid pigments of the myxobacterium Sorangium compositum were analyzed by chromatographical and chemical techniques and by visible, infra red, and mass spectroscopy. Besides γ-carotene, neurosporene, torulene, lycopene, and 1′,2′-dihydro-1′-hydroxy-γ-carotene, four new carotenoid glycosides were found. These pigments were identified as 1′,2′-dihydro-1′-hydroxy-torulene glucoside ester (I), 1′,2′-dihydro-3,1′-dihydroxy-torulene glucoside ester (III), 1′,2′-dihydro-1′-hydroxy-torulene rhamnoside (II), and 1′,2′-dihydro-3,1′-dihydroxytorulene rhamnoside (IV).
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Fifth communication on the carotenoids of myxobacteria. Fourth communication see Arch. Mikrobiol. 76, 364–380 (1971).
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Kleinig, H., Reichenbach, H., Achenbach, H. et al. Carotenoid pigments of Sorangium compositum (Myxobacterales) including two new carotenoid glucoside esters and two new carotenoid rhamnosides. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 78, 224–233 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00424896
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