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Biosynthesis of Astaxanthin as a Main Carotenoid in the Heterobasidiomycetous Yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Carotenoids are organic lipophilic yellow to orange and reddish pigments of terpenoid nature that are usually composed of eight isoprene units. This group of secondary metabolites includes carotenes and xanthophylls, which can be naturally obtained from photosynthetic organisms, some fungi, and bact...

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Autores principales: Barredo, Jose L., García-Estrada, Carlos, Kosalkova, Katarina, Barreiro, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5715937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29371561
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof3030044