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Organism name
Phormidium ectocarpi                                Find images with Google

NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Cyanobacteria  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Phormidium ectocarpi carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]

CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.1)


CA00328  Zeaxanthin  (Ref.1)


CA00331  Isozeaxanthin  (Ref.1)


CA00462  Echinenone  (Ref.1)


References
  • Ref.1 : S. Hertzberg, S. Liaaen-Jensen, and H. W. Siegelman, Phytochemistry, 1971, Vol. 10, pp. 3121 - 3127 "The carotenois of blue-green algae"

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