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.
Ichiyama
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Aichi.
Shimokata
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Tsukamura
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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