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IT has frequently been stated that colouring matters of anthocyanin, type are produced by bacteria, and as there does not yet appear to be any justification for this view, it may be desirable to correct an error which is finding its way into the text-books1. In most of the alleged instances of the occurrence of anthocyanins in micro-organisms, the description of the colouring matters and that of their reactions does not afford a prima facie case for their identification as members of the anthocyanin group, and there exists no example of the isolation and characterization from such sources of a substance which is undoubtedly an anthocyanin. Two publications, however, require more serious examination.
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Cf., for example, Buchanan and Fulmer, "The Physiology and Biochemistry of Bacteria" (London, 1928); and Anderson, "An Introduction to Bacteriological Chemistry" (Edinburgh, 1938).
C. R. Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R., 4, 283 (1936); Brit. Chem. Abstr., A., 99 (1937).
Sevenet, J., Thesis, Strasbourg (1930).
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ERIKSON, D., OXFORD, A. & ROBINSON, R. Do Anthocyanins occur in Bacteria?. Nature 142, 211 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142211a0
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