title: Existence of carotenoids in Acholeplasma axanthum.
abstract: The neutral lipids of Acholeplasma axanthum contain carotenoid pigments, as evidenced by spectral characteristics, visual color, color reactions, and labeling with [2-14C-A1mevalonic acid. Approximately 80% of the label from [2-14C]mevalonic acid appeared in esterified fatty acids of the glycolipids and polar lipids. These carboxylic acids behaved as hydroxy acids of varying chain length.
mesh_terms: D000127:Acholeplasma / Q000032:analysis*; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000032:analysis; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D006017:Glycolipids; D008055:Lipids; D002338:Carotenoids