摘要 |
FIELD: medicine. ^ SUBSTANCE: what is presented is a method for production of carotenoids which involves cultivation of a carotenoid-producing bacterium in an amino acid added medium, and collection of carotenoids from a resultant cultured product wherein at least one amino acid is specified in a group consisting of glutamic acid, asparaginic acid, glutamine, asparagine, alanine, glycine, serine, threonine, arginine, tyrosine, proline, phenylalanine and leucine and their salts, while the carotenoid-producing bacterium refers to Paracoccus. ^ EFFECT: invention may be used in producing natural pigments applicable as feed and food additives, pharmaceutical ingredients. ^ 6 cl, 8 tbl, 8 ex |