Table 3.

Presence/absence of biosynthetic gene clusters of known antioxidant and/or anti-inflammatory pigments by strain. “+” and “-” indicate the detection or not of the gene clusters.

Pigments		P. raciborskii PMC 877.14	Laspinema sp. PMC 878.14	M. vaginatus PMC 879.14	L. martensiana PMC 880.14	Nostoc sp. PMC 881.14	Aliinostoc sp. PMC 882.14	L. boryana PMC 883.14	Calothrix sp. PMC 884.14	P. couteii PMC 885.14
Phycobiliproteins	C-Phycocyanin	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Allophycocyanin	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Phycoerythrin	+	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	+
Scytonemin		-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	-
Hydroxylated carotenoids	Cryptoxanthin	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Zeaxanthin	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Caloxanthin	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-
	Nostoxanthin	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-
Myxoxanthophylls	1-hydroxylycopene	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	1′-Hydroxy-γ-carotene	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Myxol 2′-pentoside	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	2-Hydroxymyxol 2′-methylpentoside	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-
Echinenone		-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ketocarotenoids	Canthaxanthin	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Adonixanthin	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+