@article{WUSQY_LIMANTARA_KARWUR_2014, title={Exploration, Isolation and Quantification of β-carotene from Bacterial Symbion of Acropora sp.}, volume={8}, url={https://jurnal.permi.or.id/index.php/mionline/article/view/275}, DOI={10.5454/mi.8.2.3}, abstractNote={<p>In the microbial world, pigments are one of the most conspicuous traits. Marine bacteria associated with <em>Acropora</em> sp. collected from Taka Cemara, Karimunjawa Islands were screened for the production of a yellow pigment. The isolation of bacterial symbionts from <em>Acropora</em> sp. on Zobell 2216E medium resulted in one bacterium, KJ5, positively synthesized carotenoids. By reverse phase HPLC analysis, one peak of the pigment types was identified as a β-carotene peak which appeared at 60.24 min. Then, sample of the β-carotene was collected and identified according to their spectral characteristics and compared with the published data in different types of solvent. Based on the HPLC analysis, the total β-carotene contents were calculated by converting the broad absorption of β-carotene. Molecular identification of the bacterium KJ5 using 16S rDNA showed that bacterium KJ5 was closely related to <em>Erythrobacter flavus</em> with 96% homology value.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Microbiology Indonesia}, author={WUSQY, NAELY K. and LIMANTARA, LEENAWATY and KARWUR, FERRY F}, year={2014}, month={Jun.}, pages={3} }