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ArticleScientific reports2026

Novel Raman signature evidences an unknown cyanobacterial pigment.

Yannick J Lara, Alexandre Lambion, Emmanuelle J Javaux

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Article in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Yannick J LaraEarly Life Traces & Evolution-Astrobiology, UR Astrobiology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. ylara@uliege.be.
Alexandre LambionEarly Life Traces & Evolution-Astrobiology, UR Astrobiology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
Emmanuelle J JavauxEarly Life Traces & Evolution-Astrobiology, UR Astrobiology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Funding

Belgian Federal Science Policy Office B2/212/PI/PORTALUniversité de Liège STEMA UnLOC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From the first botanical characterization of cyanobacteria about two centuries ago to contemporary studies, only two categories of extracellular UV-screening pigments have been considered: scytonemin which is very well described and gloeocapsin, which remains enigmatic. In this study, we use Raman microspectroscopy to compare the extracellular EPS-associated pigment produced by the strain Chamaesiphon polonicus SAG 32.87 with gloeocapsins, scytonemins and other natural and synthetic pigments. Chemometrics analyses of Raman data reveal the existence of a third and new category of cyanobacterial extracellular pigment.

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CyanobacteriaPigments, BiologicalSpectrum Analysis, RamanIndolesPhenolsIndolesPhenolsPigments, BiologicalscytoneminCyanobacteriaExopolymeric substance (EPS)Microbial pigmentsRaman microspectroscopy

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PMID41936691
PMCPMC13213007

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