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Effect of Different Carbon and Nitrogen Sources on the Production of Carotenoid Pigments by Phaffia rhodozyma
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Carotenoids are natural compounds that are attractive in color and easy to extract from microorganisms. Astaxanthin is the principal carotenoid pigment responsible for the distinctive orange red pigmentation in marine invertebrates, fish and crustaceans. Phaffia rhodozyma (red yeast) produces astaxanthin as the major carotenoid. In the present investigation, improved astaxanthin production by the P. rhodozyma was performed with different carbon and nitrogen …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Life Sciences · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2011 Read article