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Synthesis of bacteriochlorophyll a by the purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus

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The ability of purple nonsulfur bacteria Rhodobacter capsulatus B10 to synthesize bacteriochlorophyll under phototrophic and dark conditions was studied. The modes for cultivation in the dark with oxygen limitation in a continuous culture at D = 0.1 h−1 were selected. The yield of biomass reached 20 g/l; the bacteriochlorophyll a output of the process amounted to 16.6 mg/l h−1.

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  1. Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    E. V. Patrusheva, A. S. Fedorov, I. G. Minkevich & A. A. Tsygankov

  2. Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    V. V. Belera

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Original Russian Text © E.V. Patrusheva, A.S. Fedorov, V.V. Belera, I.G. Minkevich, A.A. Tsygankov, 2007, published in Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 208–214.

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Patrusheva, E.V., Fedorov, A.S., Belera, V.V. et al. Synthesis of bacteriochlorophyll a by the purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus . Appl Biochem Microbiol 43, 187–192 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000368380702010X

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