Carotenoids content

Value 0.5 % of dry weight Range: 0.02 - 0.98 % of dry weight
Organism Cyanobacteria Synechocystis PCC 6803
Reference Zavřel, T., Očenášová, P., Červený, J (2017): Phenotypic characterization of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 substrains reveals differences in sensitivity to abiotic stress. PLoS ONE 12(12): 1-21, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189130PubMed ID29216280
Method Methanol extraction. P.6 bottom paragraph: "Content of chlorophyll a and total carotenoids was measured spectrophotometrically following protocol of Zavřel et al. (2015) [ref 21]."
Comments Three substrains of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cultivated in photobioreactors in turbidostat regime under low and high light intensities. From 1st author, Zavřel: "Calculated from the measured data, not shown in the paper"
Entered by Tomas Zavrel
ID 114570