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Carotenoids DB: Heliobacterium gestii   [   About  |   Help  |   Search carotenoid entry  |   Search organism entry  |   Search similar carotenoids  |   Predict biological activities of a carotenoid   ] Organism name Heliobacterium gestii                                Find images with Google NCBI taxonomy ID 2699 Lineage Lineage (full); root; cellular organisms; Bacteria; Terrabacteria group; Firmicutes; Clostridia; Clostridiales; Heliobacteriaceae; Heliobacterium; Description Firmicutes - Clostridia  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Heliobacterium gestii carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]  CA00001  4,4'-Diapolycopene  (Ref.188)    CA00007  4,4'-Diapophytofluene  (Ref.188)    CA00006  4,4'-Diapo-ζ-carotene  (Ref.188)    CA00002  4,4'-Diaponeurosporene  (Ref.188)   References Ref.188 : Takaichi, S., K. Inoue, M. Akaike, M. Kobayashi, H. Ohoka, and M. T. Madigan. 1997. The major carotenoid in all known species of heliobacteria is the C30 carotenoid 4,4-diaponeurosporene, not neurosporene. Arch. Microbiol. 168:277–281.    Search other references with Google Scholar