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. 1998 Oct;180(19):5173–5182. doi: 10.1128/jb.180.19.5173-5182.1998

TABLE 1.

Carotenoid composition of P. boryanum cells grown at 29 and 15°C

Carotenoid Result under the following growth conditionsa
Optimal (29°C/150 μmol m−2 s−1) ELLT (15°C/150 μmol m−2 s−1)
Myxoxanthophyll 0.101 ± 0.015 0.484 ± 0.051
Zeaxanthin 0.035 ± 0.007 0.074 ± 0.012
β-Carotene 0.249 ± 0.009 0.329 ± 0.059
a

Results are micromolar concentrations per micromolar chlorophyll. Mean values ± standard errors of the means were calculated from three to four independent experiments with three separate measurements in each experiment.