Pigment or Compound Name: Phaeobacter inhibens (in vivo, Schwieterman et al. 2015) Type: biological pigment Medium Type: whole cell Description: Reflectance spectrum of Phaeobacter inhibens 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 Phaeobacter inhibens (DSMZ (https://dsmz.de/) strain ID #16374). Measurements made with Ocean Optics USB2000+ UV/VIS spectrometer (grating #3) with Ocean Optics R400-7 reflectance probe. Visual color brown. Canthaxanthin can contribute absorbance over 250-550 nm. Broad rise in reflectance from the blue into the NIR. Keywords: Phaeobacter inhibens, obligate aerobic chemoorganoheterotroph, carotenoid, canthaxanthin, non-photosynthetic, aerobe Datafile name: Phaeobacter_inhibens_ref_Schwieterman_2015.csv