A NEW BACTERIAL CHLOROPHYLL
A NEW BACTERIAL CHLOROPHYLL
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-291x(63)90422-4
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发表时间:
1963-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
AASMUNDRUD, O
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作者:
EIMHJELLEN, KE;JENSEN, A;AASMUNDRUD, O
Three chlorophyll entities have so far been reported to occur in photosynthetic bacteria, namely bacteriochlorophyll in purple bacteria (van Niel, 1944) and chlorobium chlorophyll-660 (Larsen, 1953) and chlorobium chlorophyll-650 (Starrier & Smith, 1960) in green bacteria. We wish to report on a new chlorophyll from a newly isolated photosynthetic bacterium which is tentatively identified as a Rhodopseudomonas sp.(Aasmundrud & Eimhjellen). The properties of the new chlorophyll have been compared to those of bacteriochlorophyll obtained from Rhps. spheroides. We propose that the already well established chlorophyll component of the purple bacteria be named bacteriochlorophyll 2 as suggested earlier by Fischer and Hasenkamp (1935)(Seybold & Hirch, 1954) and, that the new chlorophyll reportedin the present communication be named bacteriochlorophyll h.Experimental. Rhps. spheroides (strain 2. 4. 9 c obtained from Dr. R. Stanier, Dept. Bact., Univ. California, Berkeley) and the newly isolated photosynthetic bacterium were grown in glass-stoppered bottles completely filled with a medium composed of 0.5% yeast extract (D&o), 0.05% MgS04. 7 H20, M/100-phosphate buffer (K2HP04-NaH2P04) and M/100 (NH4) 2-succmate in tap water, pH adjusted to 6. S-7.2. The cultures were incubated in a light cabinet at 25-28 C, and soon after maximum growth the cells were collected by centrifugation. The packed cells were extracted twice with methanol at 0 to 5 C. An aliquot of the combined chlorophyll extracts was used for preparation of pheophytins (van Niel and Arnold, 1938) substituting diethyl ether for carbon tetrachloride as the final solvent for the reaction products. The rest of the