Spheroidene
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Spheroidene
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Spheroidene is a carotenoid pigment. It is a component of the photosynthetic reaction center of certain purple bacteria of the Rhodospirillaceae family, including Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides. Like other carotenoids, it is a tetraterpenoid. In purified form, it is a brick-red solid soluble in benzene. Spheroidene was discovered by microbiologist C. B. van Niel, who named it "pigment Y". It was renamed by Basil Weedon, who was the first to prepare it synthetically, and
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Chemical compound
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2024-01-25T13:45:08Z
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