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Pigment microbiology

Title
Pigment microbiology / P.Z. Margalith.
Author
Margalith, P. Z.
Publication
London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1992.

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Description
xviii, 156 pages : illustrations; 34 cm
Subject
  • Microbial pigments
  • Melanins
  • Melanins
  • melanin
  • Microbial pigments
  • Pigment
  • Mikroorganismus
  • Microbiologia
  • Pigmentos
  • Pigments > Analyse
  • Colorants > Analyse
  • Microbiologie
  • Pigments microbiens
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [130]-143) and indexes.
Contents
  • 1. Photochemistry -- 2. Melanin pigments. 2.1. Melanin chemistry. 2.2. Melanin biosynthesis. 2.3. Enzymes involved in melanogenesis. 2.4. Physiology of melanin formation. 2.5. Biological significance. 2.6. Phytopathological aspects. 2.7. Melanin in soil. 2.8. Melanin biotechnology -- 3. The carotenoid pigments. 3.1. Carotenoid chemistry. 3.2. The function of carotenoid pigments. 3.3. More about carotenoids in fungi. 3.4. Regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis. 3.5. Fungal xanthophylls. 3.6. Bacterial carotenoids and carotenogenesis. 3.7. Carotenoid pigments of the algae. 3.8. Microbial carotenoids and therapeutic significance -- 4. The photosynthetic pigments. 4.1. Bacterial photosynthetic pigments. 4.2. Biosynthesis -- 5. The photosensitizing pigments -- 6. Flavinogenic microbes. 6.1. Physiology. 6.2. Biosynthesis -- 7. Phenazine pigments. 7.1. Biosynthesis. 7.2. Physiological significance -- 8. Other heterocyclic pigments. 8.1. Prodigiosin. 8.2. Violacein. 8.3. Bacterial indigo.
  • 9. Microbial naphthoquinones -- 10. Monascus pigments -- 11. Microbes and non-microbial pigments -- 12. Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 0412410508
  • 9780412410505
LCCN
92038097
OCLC
  • ocm26975156
  • 26975156
  • SCSB-2003195
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library