Carotenoid pigments of genus Rhodococcus.
A study of carotenoid pigments of the genus Rhodococcus was carried out. According to carotenes contained, Rhodococcus species were divided into three groups: the first group of Rhodococcus luteus, R. coprophilus, R. lentifragmentus, and R. maris, which formed beta-carotene; the second group of R. equi, R. rubropertinctus, R. aichiensis, R. sputi, R. chubuensis, R. obuensis, R. bronchialis, R. roseus, R. rhodochrous, R. rhodnii, and R. terrae, which formed gamma-carotene-like substance; and the third group of R. aurantiacus, which formed neither carotene. Other carotenoid pigments were different according to the species.
First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Aichi.
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D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification; D013045:Species Specificity; D013053:Spectrophotometry
D002338:Carotenoids