The biosynthetic pathways of carotenoids and inhibition site of carotenoids synthetic pathways in photosynthetic bacteria are also described in this paper.

• 详细描述了光合细菌非环状类胡萝卜素合成途径以及合成途径中重要抑制位点、类胡萝卜素生物合成酶基因及分子调控机制。