Pigment or Compound Name:	Chlorobium tepidum (in vivo, Schwieterman et al. 2015)
Type:	biological pigment
Medium Type:	whole cell
Description:	Reflectance spectrum of Chlorobium tepidum
	
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 Chlorobium tepidum (DSMZ (https://dsmz.de/) strain ID #12025). Measurements made with Ocean Optics USB2000+ UV/VIS spectrometer (grating #3) with Ocean Optics R400-7 reflectance probe.
                Visual color green. Absorption maxima at 520 nm, due to chlorobactene and/or other carotenoids, and 760 nm due to bacteriochlorophyll c.		

Keywords:	Chlorobium tepidum, green sulfur bacteria, anaerobic photoautotroph, thermophile, carotenoid, chlorobactene, bacteriochlorophyll c, Bchl c, anoxygenic, photosynthesis, anaerobe
	
Datafile name:	Chlorobium_tepidum_ref_Schwieterman_2015.csv