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TABLE V 

 Properfies of Bacierial Carofenoids 



* The probable identi-'y of these with neurosporene cannot be ignored, 

 t These may be identical. 



t May be identical with e-carotene. 



§ May be identical with lycopene. 



II a-Bocteriopurpurin is probably one of Karrer's rhodocarotenoids. 



# ^-Bacteriopurpurin is probably identical with rhodoviolascin. 



References to Table V 



1 E. ChargafF and J. Dieryck Naturzvissenchaften 20 872 (1932). 

 - Y. Takeda and T. Ohta, Hoppe-Seyl. Z. 268 1 (1941). 

 ^B. Sobin and G. L. Stahly, J. Bacteriol. 44 265 (1942). 

 * P. Karrer and U. Solmssen, Helv. Chim. Acta 18 25 1306 (1935). 

 ^ P. Karrer, U. Solmssen and H. Koenig, Helv. Chim. Acta 21 545 

 (1938). 



•5H. F. M. Petter, Amsterdam Akad. Wiss. 34 No. 10 (1931). 

 ^ E. Lederer, Bull. soc. chim. hiol. 20 611 (1938). 



8 Y. Takeda and T. Ohta, Hoppe-Seyl. Z. 262 168 (1939). 



9 G. Turian, Arch. Sci. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 3 79 (1950). 

 ^Udem., Helv. Chim. Acta 33 1303 (1950). 



