Journal of Bacteriology, 2000,
182 (13), p. 3850-3853 ISSN 0021-9193
A carotenoid biosynthesis gene cluster involved in canthaxanthin production was isolated from the photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium sp. strain ORS278. This cluster includes five genes identified as crtE, crtY, crtI, crtB and crtW that are organized in at least two operons. The functional assignment of each open reading frame was confirmed by complementary studies. (Résumé d'auteur)