Raman investigation of the pigment families in recent and fossil brachiopod shells.


Journal

Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
ISSN: 1873-3557
Titre abrégé: Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9602533

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Feb 2019
Historique:
received: 09 08 2018
revised: 25 09 2018
accepted: 27 09 2018
pubmed: 8 10 2018
medline: 12 12 2018
entrez: 8 10 2018
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Shells of the three subphyla of extant and extinct representatives of the phylum Brachiopoda display coloured patterns with diverse shapes and at different degrees. These colourations are readily visible in natural light but are best revealed under UV light for the fossils concerned. To identify these pigments, Raman spectroscopy has been used for the first time on brachiopod shells. The widespread identified pigments belong to the carotenoid family, best represented in all the animal kingdom, the second one concerns the melanin/melanin-like pigments and, surprisingly, additional molecules of the cytochrome family are revealed for the first time in one of the brachiopod shells studied. The putative functions of shell pigmentation, still under debate, are discussed.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30292906
pii: S1386-1425(18)30903-X
doi: 10.1016/j.saa.2018.09.050
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Pigments, Biological 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

73-84

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Danièle Gaspard (D)

CR2P, Centre de Recherche sur la Paléodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements, UMR 7207, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 8 Rue Buffon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France. Electronic address: daniele.gaspard@mnhn.fr.

Céline Paris (C)

MONARIS, De la Molécule aux Nano-Objets: Réactivité, Interactions et Spectroscopies, UMR 8233, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France.

Philippe Loubry (P)

CR2P, Centre de Recherche sur la Paléodiversité et les Paléoenvironnements, UMR 7207, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 8 Rue Buffon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.

Gilles Luquet (G)

BOREA, Biologie des Organismes et des Ecosystèmes Aquatiques, UMR Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Université, Université de Caen Normandie, Université des Antilles, CNRS 7208, IRD 207, 43 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: gilles.luquet@mnhn.fr.

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