The function of the carotenoid pigments of sarcina lutea
โ Scribed by Mathews, Micheline M. ;Sistrom, W. R.
- Book ID
- 104769940
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1960
- Weight
- 497 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9276
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โฆ Synopsis
It is known that the carotenoid pigments of photosynthetic bacteria protect tile organisms from lethal photooxidations caused by their own bacterioehlorophyll (SIsTRo~, GRISS~THS and STA~I~ 1956, CO~E~-BAZI~E and STAmg~ 1958, FULLER and A~DE~SO~ 1958). The carotenoid pigments of a non-photosynthetic bacterium, Corynebacterium poinsettiae
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