IDENTIFICATION OF THE CAROTENOID PIGMENT CANTHAXANTHIN FROM PHOTOSYNTHETIC BRADYRHIZOBIUM STRAINS

Authors
LORQUIN J MOLOUBA F DREYFUS BL
Citation
J. Lorquin et al., IDENTIFICATION OF THE CAROTENOID PIGMENT CANTHAXANTHIN FROM PHOTOSYNTHETIC BRADYRHIZOBIUM STRAINS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 63(3), 1997, pp. 1151-1154
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1151 - 1154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1997)63:3<1151:IOTCPC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Canthaxanthin (4,4'-diketo-beta-carotene) is produced as the major car otenoid pigment by orange- and dark-pink-pigmented bacteriochlorophyll -containing Bradyrhizobium strains isolated from stem nodules of Aesch ynomene species. These two new pigmentation groups differ from the wel l-studied strain BTAi1, which accumulates spirilloxanthin as the sole carotenoid.