Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: Commercial interest in the use of natural pigments isolated from microorganisms has increased in recent years; hence, molecules belonging to the polyisoprenoid group (i.e. beta-carotene, astaxanthin, and canthaxanthin) have been the focus of much attention. The bacterium Gordonia jacobaea readily synthesizes and accumulates large amounts of canthaxanthin (beta-beta'-carotene-4,4'-dione), which is widely used in the food and cosmetics industries. In the present work, the effects of different low-cost raw materials on fermentation and canthaxanthin accumulation by a hyperpigmented strain of G. jacobaea were studied. Canthaxanthin production and peak levels of accumulation varied according to the different media used.
Source: PubMed
Authors: Patricia Veiga-Crespo, Lucia Blasco, Fernando Rosa-Dos-Santos, Margarita Poza, Tomas G Villa
Institution: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Language: English
Subfield: Biotechnology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Xunta de Galicia
OpenAlex ID: W1918973930