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Evaluation of colors in green mutants isolated from purple bacteria as a host for colorimetric whole-cell biosensors.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Oct 2007
Yoshida Kazuyuki, Yoshioka Daiki, Inoue Koichi, Takaichi Shinichi, Maeda Isamu
Abstract excerpt
The change in carotenoid-based bacterial color from yellow to red can be applied to whole-cell biosensors. We generated several green mutants to emphasize the color change in such biosensors. The blue-green crtI-deleted mutant, Rhodopseudomonas palustris no.711, accumulated the colorless carotenoid precursor, phytoene. Green Rhodovulum sulfidophilum M31 accumulated neurosporene, a downstream product of phytoene....
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