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Organism name
Rhodopirellula rubra                                Find images with Google

NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description A marine genus of bacteria from the family of Planctomycetaceae isolated from the surface of macroalgae (Seaweed)  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Rhodopirellula rubra carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]

CA00205  Saproxanthin  (Ref.755)


CA01222  Dehydroflexixanthin  (Ref.755)


CA01223  2'-Isopentenyldehydrosaproxanthin  (Ref.755)


References
  • Ref.755 : Nicolai Kallscheuer, Catia Moreira, Ruth Airs, Carole A. Llewellyn, Sandra Wiegand, Christian Jogler and Olga M. Lage, Environmental Microbiology Reports (2019) 00(00), 00–00, "Pink- and orange-pigmented Planctomycetes produce saproxanthin-type carotenoids including a rare C45 carotenoid", doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12796

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