Pigment or Compound Name:	Micrococcus luteus (in vivo, Schwieterman et al. 2015)
Type:	biological pigment
Medium Type:	whole cell
Description:	Reflectance spectrum of Micrococcus luteus
	
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 Micrococcus luteus (DSMZ (https://dsmz.de/) strain ID #20030). Measurements made with Ocean Optics USB2000+ UV/VIS spectrometer (grating #3) with Ocean Optics R400-7 reflectance probe.
                Visual color yellow. Absorption maxima at 450 nm and 485 nm due to beta- and/or keto-carotenes. Sharp increase in reflectance over 490-510 nm.

		
Keywords:	Micrococcus luteus, obligate aerobic chemoorganoheterotroph, UV screening, canthaxanthin, non-photosynthetic, aerobe
	
Datafile name:	Micrococcus_luteus_ref_Schwieterman_2015.csv