Pigment or Compound Name:	Chlorobium tepidum (in vivo, Schwieterman et al. 2015)
Type:	biological pigment
Medium Type:	whole cell
Description:	Transmittance spectrum (whole cells) Chlorobium tepidum
	
x-axis label:	wavelength
x-axis units:	nm
y-axis label:	transmittance
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:	Transmittance spectra of Chlorobium tepidum tepidum (DSMZ (https://dsmz.de/) strain ID #12025). Culturing and washing as described in Schwieterman et al. 2015.
                Cultured photoheterotrophically in anoxic liquid culture. Spectrophotometric measurements made with Varian Cary 1E UV-Visible Spectrophotometer.
                Visual color green. 750 nm Bchl c peak noticeable. 		

Keywords:	Chlorobium tepidum, green sulfur bacteria, anaerobic photoautotroph, thermophile, carotenoid, chlorobactene, bacteriochlorophyll c, Bchl c, anoxygenic, photosynthesis, anaerobe
	
Datafile name:	Chlorobium_tepidum_transm_Schwieterman_2015.csv