Pigments from Marine Muds
- 15 July 1941
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 27 (7) , 333-337
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.27.7.333
Abstract
Extraction of mud cores from the middle of the Gulf of California revealed numerous chlorophyll derivatives and carotenoids. This leads to speculation that protochloro-phyll and other degradation products may have been wrought by non-chlorophyllous organisms; and that the rich deposits of numerous carotenoids may indicate an excess of fungal and bacterial over algal remains, or that iso-merization and other chemical changes have taken place without biol. intervention.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Carotenoids and Other Lipoid-Soluble Pigments in the Sea and in Deep Marine MudProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1937