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“This latter suggestion is mainly based on the fact that carotenoid accumulation in light and dark is very sensitive towards chloramphenicol if the compound is applied at the time of sowing.”
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Zweite naturwissenschaftliche Abt.: Allgemeine, landwirtschaftliche und technische Mikrobiologie • 1974 | View Paper
“The addition of chloramphenicol to growing cultures prevents the CO 2 -induced preferential synthesis of red carotenoid , as well as general pigment formation.”
“Addition of chloramphenicol at various intervals of incubation after photo-induction results in a differential inhibition of the synthesis of the various carotenoids.”
“ Chloramphenicol is an effective inhibitor of this photoinduced carotenoid synthesis.”