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FEBS Lett ; 588(20): 3770-7, 2014 Oct 16.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25176411

ABSTRACT

We report production of chlorophyll f and chlorophyll d in the cyanobacterium Chlorogloeopsis fritschii cultured under near-infrared and natural light conditions. C. fritschii produced chlorophyll f and chlorophyll d when cultured under natural light to a high culture density in a 20 L bubble column photobioreactor. In the laboratory, the ratio of chlorophyll f to chlorophyll a changed from 1:15 under near-infrared, to an undetectable level of chlorophyll f under artificial white light. The results provide support that chlorophylls f and d are both red-light inducible chlorophylls in C. fritschii.


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Bacteriochlorophylls/biosynthesis , Cyanobacteria/radiation effects , Infrared Rays , Bacteriochlorophylls/radiation effects , Bioreactors , Cyanobacteria/growth & development , Cyanobacteria/metabolism
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J Chromatogr A ; 917(1-2): 167-77, 2001 May 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11403468

ABSTRACT

Ternary and binary gradient systems have been developed for the high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of complex pigment distributions typical of natural samples. Improved chromatographic resolution reveals significantly more pigment components in extracts from a sediment (Priest Pot, Cumbria, UK), a microbial mat (les Salines de la Trinital, South Catalonia, Spain) and a culture (C. phaeobacteroides) including novel bacteriochlorophyll derivatives. The methods developed are directly suited to LC-MS analysis and the automated acquisition of MS/MS data for pigments.


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Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/methods , Pigments, Biological/analysis , Mass Spectrometry , Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
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Photosynth Res ; 70(2): 221-30, 2001.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16228355

ABSTRACT

Detailed APCI LC-MS/MS analysis using an improved HPLC separation reveals the green sulphur bacterium Chlorobium phaeobacteroides strain UdG6053 to contain a wider range of distinct bacteriochlorophyll homologues than has been previously recognised in Chlorobiaceae. The diversity in the homologue distribution is confirmed as arising from differences in the extent of alkylation of the macrocycle and variation in the nature of the esterifying alcohol and a novel series of bacteriochlorophyll structures has been recognised. Homologues containing esterifying alcohols other than farnesol, a number of which have not previously been reported in Chlorobiaceae, are present in high relative abundance. Confirmation of the structures of the esterifying alcohols has been obtained by hydrolysis and analysis by GC-MS.

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Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ; 14(3): 125-8, 2000.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10637416

ABSTRACT

Differences in the ionisation efficiency of chlorophylls and their phaeophytin counterparts result in lower sensitivity for atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometric detection of the former. Improvement in the sensitivity of detection of chlorophyll of around an order of magnitude at a concentration of 1 x 10(-6)mol L(-1) has been achieved using post-column addition of methanoic acid during analysis by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). The method gives linear response and is a simple strategy to improve sensitivity both for LC/MS and LC/MS/MS without loss of information relating to the precise nature of the tetrapyrrole distributions. Detection levels achieved exceed those obtained by absorbance detection.


Subject(s)
Chlorophyll/chemistry , Chromatography, Liquid/methods , Mass Spectrometry/methods , Chlorophyll/isolation & purification , Chlorophyll A , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Molecular Structure , Plant Leaves/chemistry , Spinacia oleracea/chemistry
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