Pigment or Compound Name:	Brevibacterium aurantiacum (in vivo, Schwieterman et al. 2015)
Type:	biological pigment
Medium Type:	whole cell
Description:	Reflectance spectrum of Brevibacterium aurantiacum 
	
x-axis label:	wavelength
x-axis units:	nm
y-axis label:	reflectance
y-axis units:	fraction
error label:	
error units:	
	
Source/Contact:	Edward Schwieterman, University of Washington, eschwiet@uw.edu
	
Reference:	Schwieterman, E.W.; Cockell, C.S.;  Meadows, V.S. 2015. Non-Photosynthetic Pigments as Biosignatures, Astrobiology, 15(5).
	
Comments:	Reflectance spectrum of pure culture of Brevibacterium aurantiacum (DSMZ (https://dsmz.de/) strain ID #20426). Measurements made with Ocean Optics USB2000+ UV/VIS spectrometer (grating #3) with Ocean Optics R400-7 reflectance probe.
                Visual color orange. Absorption over 400 - 500 nm due to mix of canthanxin and possibly other carotenoids. Largest reflectance increase  520-580 nm. 
		
Keywords:	Brevibacterium aurantiacum, soil bacteria, Actinomycete, aerobic heterotroph, 3,3-dihydroxy-isorenieratene, canthaxanthin, non-photosynthetic, aerobe
	
Datafile name:	Brevibacterium_aurantiacum_ref_Schwieterman_2015.csv