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Mar Drugs
December 2024
National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Jangsan-ro 101-75, Seocheon 33662, Republic of Korea.
is well known for its potential for biofuel production due to its high lipid content. Numerous omics and biochemical studies have explored the overall molecular mechanisms underlying the responses of sp. to nutrient availability, primarily focusing on lipid metabolism.
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December 2024
Laboratoire de Chimie et de Biotechnologie des Produits Naturels, ChemBioPro (EA2212), Université de la Réunion, 15 Avenue René Cassin, FR-97490 Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France.
Certain secondary carotenoids, such as astaxanthin and canthaxanthin, are of growing economic interest in the fields of human nutrition, food, health and cosmetics, as well as feed and aquaculture, particularly due to their numerous biological activities, such as their remarkable antioxidant properties. The present study was devoted to assessing, in a photobioreactor, the feasibility of cultivating newly isolated strains from the biodiversity of Reunion Island for the production of these valuable xanthophylls. The results showed that all these strains were capable of producing and accumulating canthaxanthin and astaxanthin in response to environmental stresses.
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November 2024
Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Santiago, Chile.
The yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous synthesizes astaxanthin, a high-value carotenoid with biotechnological relevance in the nutraceutical and aquaculture industries. However, enhancing carotenoid production through strain engineering remains an ongoing challenge. Recent studies have demonstrated that carotenogenesis in X.
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November 2024
Colin Ratledge Center for Microbial Lipids, College of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, 255000, China.
Astaxanthin is a bioactive natural pigment with antioxidant properties. It has extensive applications within the industrial sector as well as in human and animal health. Mucor circinelloides is a zygomycete fungus that accumulates β-carotene as the main carotenoid compound.
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January 2025
Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY), Bronx, NY, United States; Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, New York, NY, United States. Electronic address:
Carotenoids are a large class of isoprenoid compounds which are biosynthesized by plants, algae, along with certain fungi, bacteria and insects. In plants, carotenoids provide crucial functions in photosynthesis and photoprotection. Furthermore, carotenoids also serve as precursors to apocarotenoids, which are derived through enzymatic and non-enzymatic cleavage reactions.
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