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Organism name
Porphyridium aerugineum                                Find images with Google

NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Red alga: Porphyridiaceae, unicellular alga   (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
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CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.55)


CA00328  Zeaxanthin  (Ref.55)


References
  • Ref.55 : D. J. Chapman, Archiv fur Mikrobiologie 55, 17-25 (1966), "The Pigments of the Symbiotic Algae (Cyanomes) of Cyanophora paradoxa and Glaucocystis nostochinearum and Two Rhodophyceae, Porphyridium aerugineum and Asterocytis ramosa"

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