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176 7;-Carotene, C4,,H,j4, probably has not been entirely purified, U.V. 

 376 (380), 396 (404), 418 (424), 450. 



Phycomyces blakesleeanus, Neurospora crassa (mu- 

 tants), Dacromyces stillatus 



H. A. Nash and F. P. Zscheile, Arch. Biochem. 7 305 

 (1945). 



T. W. Goodwin, "Carotenoids," Chemical Publishing Co., 

 Inc., New York, N. Y. 1954, p. 108, etc. 



G. MacKinney, C. O. Chichester and Patricia S. Wong, 

 Arch. Biochem. and Biophys. 53 480 (1954). 



177 Phytoene (7,8,ll,12,12',ll',8',7'-Octahydrolycopene), C40H64, 

 colorless, viscous oil with a strong fluorescence in ultra- 

 violet light, U.V. 275s, 283, 295s in isooctane. 



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Mycobacterium phlei, Rhodopseudomonas spheroides 

 (mutant), Rho do spirillum rubrum 



J. W. Porter and F. P. Zscheile, Arch. Biochem. and Biophys. 

 10 537 (1946). 



W. J. Rabourn and F. W. Quackenbush, Arch. Biochem. and 

 Biophijs. 61 111 (1956). (Structure) 



T. W. Goodwin, and Malini Jamikorn, Biochem. J. 62 269 

 (1956). 



178 Phytofluene (5,6,7,8,9,10,10',9',8',7',6',5'-Dodecahydrolycopene), 

 C4„Hfis, colorless, viscous oil with a strong fluorescence in 

 ultraviolet light, U.V. 332, 347, 367 m^u, in petroleum 

 ether. 



Neurospora crassa, N. sitophila, Mycobacterium phlei, 

 Phycomyces blakesleeanus, etc. 



