Identification of bacteriophaeophytin a esterified with geranylgeraniol in an Antarctic lake sediment

Bacteriophaeophytin a with geranylgeraniol as the C-17(3) esterifying alcohol has been identified in a sediment from Progress Lake, east Antarctica by using atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. This transformation product of bacteriochlorophyll a(geranylg...

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Published in:Organic Geochemistry
Main Authors: Squier, Angela H., Hodgson, Dominic A., Keely, Brendan J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Elsevier 2004
Subjects:
Biology and Microbiology
Earth Sciences
Chemistry
Antarctic
East Antarctica
Progress Lake
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12438/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0146638003002237
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Summary:Bacteriophaeophytin a with geranylgeraniol as the C-17(3) esterifying alcohol has been identified in a sediment from Progress Lake, east Antarctica by using atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. This transformation product of bacteriochlorophyll a(geranylgeraniol), constitutes a biomarker for the presence of purple non-sulfur bacteria, most likely Rhodospirillum rubrum, in the lake at the time of sediment deposition.

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