Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Micro-organism – per se ; compositions thereof; proces of... – Fungi
Patent
1989-08-23
1993-01-26
Lilling, Herbert J.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Micro-organism, per se ; compositions thereof; proces of...
Fungi
435244, 4352536, 435255, 435911, C12R 1645, C12P 102, C12N 114
Patent
active
051822083
ABSTRACT:
An economical process for in vivo production of the pigment astaxanthin, and particularly a process for enhancing astaxanthin content of cultures of microorganisms of genus Phaffia, the process comprising culturing a microorganism of genus Phaffia in a nutrient medium containing an antibiotic, a cytochrome B inhibitor, or a terpenoid synthetic pathway inhibitor, cultivating surviving pigment enhanced microorganisms, and harvesting the yeast.
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Master's Thesis Eric Arthur Johnson, "Astaxanthin Production by the Yeast Phaffia Rhodozyma and its use as a Pigment Source in Animal Feeding", 1976.
Geldiay-Tuncer Beril
Hall William T.
Ho Kwok P.
Johnson Eric A.
Schreiber David
Igene Biotechnology Inc.
Lilling Herbert J.
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