Pigment or Compound Name:	Serratia marcescens (in vivo, Schwieterman et al. 2015)
Type:	biological pigment
Medium Type:	whole cell
Description:	Reflectance spectra of Serratia marcescens
	
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 Serratia marcescens (DSMZ (https://dsmz.de/) strain ID #30121). Measurements made with Ocean Optics USB2000+ UV/VIS spectrometer (grating #3) with Ocean Optics R400-7 reflectance probe.
                Visual color light pink. Absorption over 410-430 nm and local absorption maximum at 570 nm due to prodigiosin.  Strongest reflectance increase 440 - 460 nm. 
		
Keywords:	Serratia marcescens, aerobic heterotroph, prodigiosin, non-photosynthetic, aerobe, biofilms
	
Datafile name:	Serratia_marcescens_ref_Schwieterman_2015.csv