Skip to main content
  • ASM
    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
    • EcoSal Plus
    • Eukaryotic Cell
    • Infection and Immunity
    • Journal of Bacteriology
    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
    • Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
    • Journal of Virology
    • mBio
    • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
    • Microbiology Resource Announcements
    • Microbiology Spectrum
    • Molecular and Cellular Biology
    • mSphere
    • mSystems
  • Log in
  • My alerts
  • My Cart

Main menu

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Latest Articles
    • Archive
    • Minireviews
  • Topics
    • Applied and Environmental Science
    • Clinical Science and Epidemiology
    • Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    • Host-Microbe Biology
    • Molecular Biology and Physiology
    • Therapeutics and Prevention
  • For Authors
    • Submit a Manuscript
    • Scope
    • Editorial Policy
    • Submission, Review, & Publication Processes
    • Organization and Format
    • Errata, Author Corrections, Retractions
    • Illustrations and Tables
    • Nomenclature
    • Abbreviations and Conventions
    • Publication Fees
    • Ethics Resources and Policies
  • About the Journal
    • About mBio
    • Editor in Chief
    • Board of Editors
    • AAM Fellows
    • For Reviewers
    • For the Media
    • For Librarians
    • For Advertisers
    • Alerts
    • RSS
    • FAQ
  • ASM
    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
    • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
    • EcoSal Plus
    • Eukaryotic Cell
    • Infection and Immunity
    • Journal of Bacteriology
    • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
    • Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
    • Journal of Virology
    • mBio
    • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
    • Microbiology Resource Announcements
    • Microbiology Spectrum
    • Molecular and Cellular Biology
    • mSphere
    • mSystems

User menu

  • Log in
  • My alerts
  • My Cart

Search

  • Advanced search
mBio
publisher-logosite-logo

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Latest Articles
    • Archive
    • Minireviews
  • Topics
    • Applied and Environmental Science
    • Clinical Science and Epidemiology
    • Ecological and Evolutionary Science
    • Host-Microbe Biology
    • Molecular Biology and Physiology
    • Therapeutics and Prevention
  • For Authors
    • Submit a Manuscript
    • Scope
    • Editorial Policy
    • Submission, Review, & Publication Processes
    • Organization and Format
    • Errata, Author Corrections, Retractions
    • Illustrations and Tables
    • Nomenclature
    • Abbreviations and Conventions
    • Publication Fees
    • Ethics Resources and Policies
  • About the Journal
    • About mBio
    • Editor in Chief
    • Board of Editors
    • AAM Fellows
    • For Reviewers
    • For the Media
    • For Librarians
    • For Advertisers
    • Alerts
    • RSS
    • FAQ
Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology

First Betalain-Producing Bacteria Break the Exclusive Presence of the Pigments in the Plant Kingdom

Luis Eduardo Contreras-Llano, M. Alejandra Guerrero-Rubio, José Daniel Lozada-Ramírez, Francisco García-Carmona, Fernando Gandía-Herrero
Lotte Søgaard-Andersen, Editor
Luis Eduardo Contreras-Llano
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence, Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, Murcia, SpainDepartment of Health Sciences, Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Luis Eduardo Contreras-Llano
M. Alejandra Guerrero-Rubio
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence, Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
José Daniel Lozada-Ramírez
Department of Health Sciences, Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Francisco García-Carmona
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence, Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Fernando Gandía-Herrero
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence, Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Fernando Gandía-Herrero
Lotte Søgaard-Andersen
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00345-19
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00345-19
PubMed 
30890610

Published By 
American Society for Microbiology
History 
  • Received February 7, 2019
  • Accepted February 11, 2019
  • Published online March 19, 2019.

Copyright & Usage 
Copyright © 2019 Contreras-Llano et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Editors and / or Reviewers 
  • Lotte Søgaard-Andersen, Editor, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

Author Information

  1. Luis Eduardo Contreras-Llanoa,b*,
  2. M. Alejandra Guerrero-Rubioa,
  3. José Daniel Lozada-Ramírezb,
  4. Francisco García-Carmonaa,
  5. Fernando Gandía-Herreroa
  1. aDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology A, Faculty of Biology, Regional Campus of International Excellence, Campus Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
  2. bDepartment of Health Sciences, Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
  • Address correspondence to Fernando Gandía-Herrero, fgandia{at}um.es.
  • ↵* Present address: Luis Eduardo Contreras-Llano, Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA.

  • L.E.C.-L. and M.A.G.-R. contributed equally to the manuscript.

  • Citation Contreras-Llano LE, Guerrero-Rubio MA, Lozada-Ramírez JD, García-Carmona F, Gandía-Herrero F. 2019. First betalain-producing bacteria break the exclusive presence of the pigments in the plant kingdom. mBio 10:e00345-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00345-19.

View Abstract

Article usage

Article usage: March 2019 to December 2019

Rendering graph...
AbstractFullPdf
Mar 201919500135
Apr 20192416147
May 20191235241
Jun 2019723526
Jul 2019108531
Aug 2019105815
Sep 201986019
Oct 2019618224
Nov 2019322027
Dec 20193346
PreviousNext
Back to top
Download PDF
Citation Tools
First Betalain-Producing Bacteria Break the Exclusive Presence of the Pigments in the Plant Kingdom
Luis Eduardo Contreras-Llano, M. Alejandra Guerrero-Rubio, José Daniel Lozada-Ramírez, Francisco García-Carmona, Fernando Gandía-Herrero
mBio Mar 2019, 10 (2) e00345-19; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00345-19

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Print

Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email

Thank you for sharing this mBio article.

NOTE: We request your email address only to inform the recipient that it was you who recommended this article, and that it is not junk mail. We do not retain these email addresses.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
First Betalain-Producing Bacteria Break the Exclusive Presence of the Pigments in the Plant Kingdom
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from mBio
(Your Name) thought you would be interested in this article in mBio.
Share
First Betalain-Producing Bacteria Break the Exclusive Presence of the Pigments in the Plant Kingdom
Luis Eduardo Contreras-Llano, M. Alejandra Guerrero-Rubio, José Daniel Lozada-Ramírez, Francisco García-Carmona, Fernando Gandía-Herrero
mBio Mar 2019, 10 (2) e00345-19; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00345-19
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo CiteULike logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
  • Top
  • Article
    • ABSTRACT
    • INTRODUCTION
    • RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
    • MATERIALS AND METHODS
    • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    • FOOTNOTES
    • REFERENCES
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

KEYWORDS

betalains
betalamic acid
dioxygenase
enzyme mining
pigments

Related Articles

Cited By...

About

  • About mBio
  • Editor in Chief
  • Board of Editors
  • AAM Fellows
  • Policies
  • For Reviewers
  • For the Media
  • For Librarians
  • For Advertisers
  • Alerts
  • RSS
  • FAQ
  • Permissions
  • Journal Announcements

Authors

  • ASM Author Center
  • Submit a Manuscript
  • Author Warranty
  • Article Types
  • Ethics
  • Contact Us

Follow #mBio

@ASMicrobiology

       

ASM Journals

ASM journals are the most prominent publications in the field, delivering up-to-date and authoritative coverage of both basic and clinical microbiology.

About ASM | Contact Us | Press Room

 

ASM is a member of

Scientific Society Publisher Alliance

Copyright © 2019 American Society for Microbiology | Privacy Policy | Website feedback

Online ISSN: 2150-7511