Table II.
Cellular content of pigments of wild-type and slr1923M cells analyzed by HPLC
The contents are expressed as ×10−17 mol cell−1. Chl a, MV-chl a (in the wild type) or DV-chl a (in the mutant).
Strain | β-Carotene | Myxoxanthophyll | Zeaxanthin | Chl a |
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Wild type | 0.96 ± 0.05 | 0.87 ± 0.04 | 0.43 ± 0.02 | 5.0 ± 0.2 |
slr1923M | 0.63 ± 0.004 | 0.75 ± 0.26 | 0.65 ± 0.03 | 2.8 ± 0.18 |