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Organism name
Skeletonema costatum                                Find images with Google

NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Alga: Diatom  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Skeletonema costatum carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]

CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.36)


CA00324  Diatoxanthin  (Ref.36)


CA00404  Diadinoxanthin  (Ref.36)


CA00462  Echinenone  (Ref.36)


CA00471  Canthaxanthin  (Ref.36)


CA00519  Fucoxanthin  (Ref.36)


References
  • Ref.36 : F. Pennington, R. R. L. Guillard and S. Liaaen-Jensen, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Vol.16, No.7/8, pp. 589-592, 1988, "Carotenoid Distribution Patterns in Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms)"

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