Uptake, transformation, and degradation of exogenous carotenoids by Alteromonas australica, a cosmopolitan marine bacterium

Dr. Benjamin Granzow, PhD1, Erin A Garza2, Jocelyn M Macho3, Christopher L Dupont3 and Lihini Aluwihare1, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Geosciences Research Division, La Jolla, United States, (2)J. Craig Venter Institute La Jolla, Microbial and Environmental Genomics Group, La Jolla, United States, (3)J. Craig Venter Institute La Jolla, La Jolla, United States