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Table 1 Pigment concentrations (µg/L). Absent values indicate that the pigment concentration was below detection thresholds

From: Viral activity in lake analogs of anoxic early Earth oceans

  

Microbial Plate

Monimolimnion

 

Pigment (µg/L)

Mahoney

Poison

Lime Blue

Mahoney

Poison

Lime Blue

Purple sulfur bacteria

Bacteriochlorophyll a

1.648

  

0.185

0.417

 

OH-bacteriochlorophyll a

0.497

3.626

    

Bacteriopheophytin a

0.269

0.364

0.397

0.460

0.212

0.478

Okenone

2.542

5.275

0.172

0.279

2.557

 

Green sulfur bacteria

Bacteriochlorophyll d

     

2.111

Bacteriopheophytin d

  

0.350

   

Bacteriopheophytin c

  

0.260

  

1.588

Chlorobactene

     

0.886

Bacteriochlorophyll e

  

1.256

  

7.448

Bacteriopheophytin e

  

1.855

  

14.376

Renieratene

  

0.111

  

0.182

Isorenieratene

  

0.219

  

0.486