The carotenoids of the flagellated alga. Euglena gracilis.
1960
N I KRINSKY, and
T H GOLDSMITH
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D002338
Carotenoids
The general name for a group of fat-soluble pigments found in green, yellow, and leafy vegetables, and yellow fruits. They are aliphatic hydrocarbons containing 4 terpene subunits.
A species of fresh-water, flagellated EUKARYOTES in the phylum EUGLENIDA.
Euglena gracili,gracilis, Euglena
D056890
Eukaryota
One of the three domains of life (the others being BACTERIA and ARCHAEA), also called Eukarya. These are organisms whose cells are enclosed in membranes and possess a nucleus. They comprise almost all multicellular and many unicellular organisms, and are traditionally divided into groups (sometimes called kingdoms) including ANIMALS; PLANTS; FUNGI; and various algae and other taxa that were previously part of the old kingdom Protista.