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. 2019 Sep 11;9:13136. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49384-7

Table 2.

Light-response of carotenoid-like pigment production in bacteria belonging to Micrococcales and Corynebacteriales.

Strain No. Isolation sourcea Culture media Taxon Response to lightb
Genus/Species Order-Family
ATCC BAA-1386 Soil LB Paenarthrobacter aurescens TC1 Micrococcales-Micrococcaceae ++
JCM 1333 Air of tobacco warehouses LB Glutamicibacter nicotianae ++
JCM 1970 Sewage LB Glutamicibacter nicotianae ++
JCM 1973 Fly (Protophormia terrae-novae) LB Glutamicibacter protophormiae ++
JCM 2522 Soil LB Arthrobacter crystallopoietes
NBRC 12136 LB Paenarthrobacter aurescens ++
JCM 1338 Oil-brine LB Paeniglutamicibacter sulfureus
JCM 1335 Pseudarthrobacter sp.
JCM 1336 Pseudarthrobacter sp.
NBRC 12956 Air LB Sinomonas atrocyanea ++
NBRC 12708 Soil LB Kocuria rhizophila
JCM 15137 Soil LB Isoptericola dokdonensis Micrococcales-Promicromonosporaceae +
JCM 17812 Beach sand LB Isoptericola jiangsuensis +
JCM 15589 Tufa from a burial chamber LB Isoptericola hypogeous ++
JCM 19549 Soil LB Isoptericola nanjingensis ++
JCM 18063 Mangrove soil from Chiayi County, Taiwan LB Isoptericola chiayiensis +
NBRC 104115 Hindgut contents of Australian termite LB Isoptericola variabilis ++
DSM 20603 Boiled ox blood LB Jonesia denitrificans Micrococcales-Jonesiaceae +
DSM 10542 Venous blood from healthy cow LB Sanguibacter keddieii Micrococcales-Sanguibacteraceae +
ATCC 13869 LB Corynebacterium glutamicum AJ1511 Corynebacteriales-Corynebacteriaceae ++
JCM 1318 Sewage LB Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032 ++
JCM 9489 LB Corynebacterium callunae +
JCM 1305 Stool of infant LB Corynebacterium ammoniagenes
JCM 11950 LB Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii

– indicates that isolation source is unknown.

b+ and  ++ indicate that carotenoid-like pigment production is weakly and strongly induced by illumination, respectively. – shows no pigment production.