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The genus Rhodosporidium: a potential source of beta-carotene
1Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultdad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España.
Microbiologia (Madrid, Spain)
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Four wild-type species of the genus Rhodosporidium have been studied as as possible sources for the industrial production of beta-carotene. HPLC-based studies showed that their carotenoid composition consisted of almost pure beta-carotene at concentrations ranging from 226 to 685 micrograms/g of dried yeast biomass. These results are consistent with those obtained by spectrophotometry at 480 nm.