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A marine isolate of Pseudomonas nigrifaciens

II. Characterization of its blue pigment

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P. nigrifaciens produces a water-insoluble blue pigment on solid media which forms cuboidal crystals among the cells. The pigment was prepared by bulk harvest of isolated colonies incubated 5 days at 15°C. The cells were extracted with DMF and the extract benzene-precipitated and chromatographed over Sephadex LH-20. Analytical data were compiled leading to a provisional structure closely related to the pigments of P. indigofera and P. lemonnieri.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

    Cynthia F. Norton (Recipient of National Institute of Health Predoctoral Fellowship 5-FI-GM-29, 781-02) & Galen E. Jones

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Norton, C.F., Jones, G.E. A marine isolate of Pseudomonas nigrifaciens . Archiv. Mikrobiol. 64, 369–376 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00417018

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