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Carotenoids DB: Cyanidioschyzon merolae   [   About  |   Help  |   Search carotenoid entry  |   Search organism entry  |   Search similar carotenoids  |   Predict biological activities of a carotenoid   ] Organism name Cyanidioschyzon merolae                                Find images with Google NCBI taxonomy ID 45157 Lineage Lineage (full); root; cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Rhodophyta; Bangiophyceae; Cyanidiales; Cyanidiaceae; Cyanidioschyzon; Description Red alga: Cyanidiaceae, unicellular haploid red alga adapted to high sulfur acidic hot spring environments  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Cyanidioschyzon merolae carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]  CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.63)    CA00328  Zeaxanthin  (Ref.63)   References Ref.63 : F. X. Cunningham, Jr., H. Lee, and E. Gantt, Eukaryotic Cell, Mar. 2007, pp. 533-545, "Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Primitive Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae"    Search other references with Google Scholar