• DOI:10.1007/BF02869056
Corpus ID: 1352331

The effect of daylight on the biosynthesis of carotenoids by non-acid-fast strains ofMycobacterium phlei

@article{Hochmannov2008TheEO,
  title={The effect of daylight on the biosynthesis of carotenoids by non-acid-fast strains ofMycobacterium phlei},
  author={J. Hochmannov{\'a} and A. Kolmanov{\'a} and I. M{\'a}lek},
  journal={Folia Microbiologica},
  year={2008},
  volume={15},
  pages={288-293}
}

J. Hochmannová, A. Kolmanová, I. Málek

Published 2008

Biology, Medicine

Folia Microbiologica

The changes of the cell pigment composition of two non-acid-fast forms ofMycobacterium phlei (PN, PNR), caused by exposure to daylight, were studied. Though during cultivation in the dark carotenes were mostly produced, cultures exposed to the light mostly formed their oxygen-containing derivatives. Xanthins derived from lycopene, the main carotenoid formed by the PNR strain, were obtained from the mycelium of this mycobacterium after it was exposed to daylight. The exposure of the PN culture… CONTINUE READING

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