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Carotenoid tree
 
Figure: Postulated carotenogenesis pathways of end groups


  Carotenoid distributions in organisms

   C30 originated carotenoid producing organisms
  End groups  Organisms
ψ,ψFirmicutes, Cyanobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria

   C40 originated carotenoid producing organisms
  End groups  Organisms
ψ,ψDeinococci, Deltaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Euryarchaeota, Cyanobacteria, Firmicutes, Cryptophyta, Arthropoda (Insecta), Streptophyta, Chlorophyta, Gammaproteobacteria, Chordata, Actinobacteria, Basidiomycota, Betaproteobacteria, Ascomycota, Gemmatimonadetes, Unclassified non-living matter, Porifera
β,ψChlorobi, Cyanobacteria, Deltaproteobacteria, Streptophyta, Euglenida, Chlorophyta, Arthropoda (Insecta), Alphaproteobacteria, Basidiomycota, Firmicutes, Ascomycota, Bacteroidetes, Chordata, Actinobacteria, Deinococci, Gammaproteobacteria, Mollusca, Porifera
ε,ψStreptophyta, Chordata, Mollusca
γ,ψArthropoda (Insecta)
φ,ψUnclassified bacteria (Chlorochromatium), Gammaproteobacteria, Chlorobi, Actinobacteria
χ,ψGammaproteobacteria
β,βCyanobacteria, Deinococci, Alphaproteobacteria, Euryarchaeota, Actinobacteria, Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta, Cryptophyta, (Eustigmatophyceae), (Stramenopiles), (Haptophyceae), (Alveolata), (Raphidophyceae), Bacillariophyta, Euglenida, Unclassified chlorophyta, (Phaeophyceae), (Glaucocystophyceae), Arthropoda (Insecta), Basidiomycota, Porifera, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Ascomycota, Chordata, Bacteroidetes, Echinodermata, Crenarchaeota, Cnidaria, Gammaproteobacteria
β,εEuryarchaeota, Cyanobacteria, Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta, Cryptophyta, (Haptophyceae), Euglenida, Unclassified chlorophyta, Mollusca, Arthropoda (Insecta), Chordata, Porifera, Ascomycota, Echinodermata, Actinobacteria, (Alveolata), Arthropoda, Cnidaria
β,γArthropoda (Insecta), Ascomycota, Mollusca, Streptophyta
ε,εCryptophyta, Chlorophyta, Cyanobacteria, Chordata, (Stramenopiles), Ascomycota, Mollusca, Streptophyta
γ,εChlorophyta, Unclassified chlorophyta, Porifera
γ,γArthropoda (Insecta)
β,φPorifera, Gammaproteobacteria
β,χPorifera, Gammaproteobacteria, Echinodermata
β,κStreptophyta, Chordata, Mollusca, Ascomycota, Porifera, Echinodermata
κ,χPorifera
κ,κStreptophyta
φ,φPorifera, Actinobacteria, Chlorobi, Mollusca, Gammaproteobacteria, Unclassified bacteria (Chlorochromatium)
χ,χGammaproteobacteria, Cyanobacteria
φ,χPorifera, Gammaproteobacteria
ψ,-Streptophyta, Chordata, Cyanobacteria, Ascomycota, Gammaproteobacteria
β,-Streptophyta, (Haptophyceae), Chordata, Ascomycota, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Cyanobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Unclassified non-living matter, Bacillariophyta, Arthropoda (Insecta), Mucoromycota, Euryarchaeota, Porifera, Rhodophyta, Arthropoda
ε,-Chordata, Mucoromycota, Arthropoda (Insecta), Streptophyta, Rhodophyta
γ,-Streptophyta
κ,-Streptophyta
-,-Streptophyta, Unclassified non-living matter, Cyanobacteria, Ascomycota, Mucoromycota

   C45 originated carotenoid producing organisms
  End groups  Organisms
ψ,ψEuryarchaeota, Actinobacteria
β,ψBacteroidetes
ε,ψActinobacteria
β,βActinobacteria
ε,εActinobacteria

   C50 originated carotenoid producing organisms
  End groups  Organisms
ψ,ψEuryarchaeota, Actinobacteria, Unclassified bacteria (Halophilic bacteria)
β,ψActinobacteria
ε,ψActinobacteria
β,βActinobacteria
ε,εActinobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria
γ,γFirmicutes, Actinobacteria


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