Figure 1

The diversity of pigment types among marine Synechococcus spp. (a) Photograph of representative cultured strains of the major pigment types (1-3) and subtypes (3a-c) of marine Synechococcus grown under low white light and (b) corresponding absorption properties of whole cells. Pigment subtype 3d corresponds to type IV chromatic adapters, which are able to modify their PBS pigmentation from subtype 3b when grown under white or green light to subtype 3c when grown under blue light. The different colors of stars in panel A are a code for the different pigment types.