PRODUCTION OF ASTAXANTHIN AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF ITS CONTENT IN YEAST

摘要

An economical process for the in vitro production of carotenoids, particularly the pigment astaxanthin, and particularly a process for enhancing astaxanthin content of cultures of microorganisms of genus Phaffia, the process comprising culturing a microorganism of genus Phaffia in a nutrient medium containing an antibiotic, cytochrome B inhibitor, or a terpenoid synthetic pathway inhibitor, or subjecting said microorganism to growth in the presence of a metabolic pathway inhibitor, particularly a main respiratory pathway inhibitor, in the presence of an influence which triggers a secondary respiratory pathway.