Table 3.

Main carotenoid Raman skeletal features observed—bacteria.

bacteria, lyophilized samples/extracts
514.5 nm				1064 nm
Oscillatoria limnetica	Ectothiorhodospira	Rhodospirillum rubrum	Salinibacter M31	Micrococcus luteus
1003 m	1004 m	1000 m	1003 m	1004 w
1156 vs/1156 s	1153 s/1153 s	1147 s/1147 s	1155 vs	1158 s
1517 vs/1516	1514 vs/1514	1504 vs	1512 vs	1529 s
β-carotene		spirilloxanthin	salinixanthin	sarcinaxanthin,
zeaxanthin		anhydrorhodovibrin		sarcinaxanthin
		bacteriophaeophytin		monoglucoside,
				sarcinaxanthin
				diglucoside