Enhanced β-carotene and Biomass Production by Induced Mixotrophy in across a Combined Strategy of Glycerol, Salinity, and Light.

Current mixotrophic culture systems for have technical limitations to achieve high growth and productivity. The purpose of this study was to optimize the mixotrophic conditions imposed by glycerol, light, and salinity that lead to the highest biomass and β-carotene yields in . .

The biosynthesis and accumulation of beta-carotene in Dunaliella salina proceed via the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate/pyruvate pathway.

In Dunaliella salina, we studied the early steps in the isoprenoid pathway for the biosynthesis of carotenoids and beta-carotene and the effects of metabolic inhibitors. When D. salina was grown under carotenogenic and non-carotenogenic conditions, mevinolin did not inhibit growth or the accumulation of carotenoids, beta-carotene or chlorophyll.

The carotenogenesis pathway via the isoprenoid-beta-carotene interference approach in a new strain of Dunaliella salina isolated from Baja California Mexico.

D. salina is one of the recognized natural sources to produce beta-carotene, and an useful model for studying the role of inhibitors and enhancers of carotenogenesis. However there is little information in D.