Table 2 Light-response of carotenoid-like pigment production in bacteria belonging to Micrococcales and Corynebacteriales.

From: Light-inducible carotenoid production controlled by a MarR-type regulator in Corynebacterium glutamicum

Strain No.	Isolation source^a	Culture media	Taxon		Response to light^b
Strain No.	Isolation source^a	Culture media	Genus/Species	Order-Family	Response to light^b
ATCC BAA-1386	Soil	LB	Paenarthrobacter aurescens TC1	Micrococcales-Micrococcaceae	++
JCM 1333	Air of tobacco warehouses	LB	Glutamicibacter nicotianae		++
JCM 1970	Sewage	LB	Glutamicibacter nicotianae		++
JCM 1973	Fly (Protophormia terrae-novae)	LB	Glutamicibacter protophormiae		++
JCM 2522	Soil	LB	Arthrobacter crystallopoietes		−
NBRC 12136	−	LB	Paenarthrobacter aurescens		++
JCM 1338	Oil-brine	LB	Paeniglutamicibacter sulfureus		−
JCM 1335			Pseudarthrobacter sp.		−
JCM 1336			Pseudarthrobacter sp.		−
NBRC 12956	Air	LB	Sinomonas atrocyanea		++
NBRC 12708	Soil	LB	Kocuria rhizophila		−
JCM 15137	Soil	LB	Isoptericola dokdonensis	Micrococcales-Promicromonosporaceae	+
JCM 17812	Beach sand	LB	Isoptericola jiangsuensis		+
JCM 15589	Tufa from a burial chamber	LB	Isoptericola hypogeous		++
JCM 19549	Soil	LB	Isoptericola nanjingensis		++
JCM 18063	Mangrove soil from Chiayi County, Taiwan	LB	Isoptericola chiayiensis		+
NBRC 104115	Hindgut contents of Australian termite	LB	Isoptericola variabilis		++
DSM 20603	Boiled ox blood	LB	Jonesia denitrificans	Micrococcales-Jonesiaceae	+
DSM 10542	Venous blood from healthy cow	LB	Sanguibacter keddieii	Micrococcales-Sanguibacteraceae	+
ATCC 13869	−	LB	Corynebacterium glutamicum AJ1511	Corynebacteriales-Corynebacteriaceae	++
JCM 1318	Sewage	LB	Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032		++
JCM 9489	−	LB	Corynebacterium callunae		+
JCM 1305	Stool of infant	LB	Corynebacterium ammoniagenes		−
JCM 11950	−	LB	Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii		−

^a – indicates that isolation source is unknown.
^b+ and ++ indicate that carotenoid-like pigment production is weakly and strongly induced by illumination, respectively. – shows no pigment production.

Back to article page

Quick links

Search

Quick links