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Diversity and Distribution of Carotenogenic Algae in Europe: A Review
Microalgae are the richest source of natural carotenoids, which are valuable pigments with a high share of benefits. Often, carotenoid-producing algae inhabit specific biotopes with unfavorable or even extremal conditions. Such biotopes, including alpine snow fields and hypersaline ponds, are widely...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36827149 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md21020108 |
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description | Microalgae are the richest source of natural carotenoids, which are valuable pigments with a high share of benefits. Often, carotenoid-producing algae inhabit specific biotopes with unfavorable or even extremal conditions. Such biotopes, including alpine snow fields and hypersaline ponds, are widely distributed in Europe. They can serve as a source of new strains for biotechnology. The number of algal species used for obtaining these compounds on an industrial scale is limited. The data on them are poor. Moreover, some of them have been reported in non-English local scientific articles and theses. This review aims to summarize existing data on microalgal species, which are known as potential carotenoid producers in biotechnology. These include Haematococcus and Dunaliella, both well-known to the scientific community, as well as less-elucidated representatives. Their distribution will be covered throughout Europe: from the Greek Mediterranean coast in the south to the snow valleys in Norway in the north, and from the ponds in Amieiro (Portugal) in the west to the saline lakes and mountains in Crimea (Ukraine) in the east. A wide spectrum of algal secondary carotenoids is reviewed: β-carotene, astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, echinenone, adonixanthin, and adonirubin. For convenience, the main concepts of biology of carotenoid-producing algae are briefly explained. |
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spelling | pubmed-99588742023-02-26 Diversity and Distribution of Carotenogenic Algae in Europe: A Review Chekanov, Konstantin Mar Drugs Review Microalgae are the richest source of natural carotenoids, which are valuable pigments with a high share of benefits. Often, carotenoid-producing algae inhabit specific biotopes with unfavorable or even extremal conditions. Such biotopes, including alpine snow fields and hypersaline ponds, are widely distributed in Europe. They can serve as a source of new strains for biotechnology. The number of algal species used for obtaining these compounds on an industrial scale is limited. The data on them are poor. Moreover, some of them have been reported in non-English local scientific articles and theses. This review aims to summarize existing data on microalgal species, which are known as potential carotenoid producers in biotechnology. These include Haematococcus and Dunaliella, both well-known to the scientific community, as well as less-elucidated representatives. Their distribution will be covered throughout Europe: from the Greek Mediterranean coast in the south to the snow valleys in Norway in the north, and from the ponds in Amieiro (Portugal) in the west to the saline lakes and mountains in Crimea (Ukraine) in the east. A wide spectrum of algal secondary carotenoids is reviewed: β-carotene, astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, echinenone, adonixanthin, and adonirubin. For convenience, the main concepts of biology of carotenoid-producing algae are briefly explained. MDPI 2023-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9958874/ /pubmed/36827149 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md21020108 Text en © 2023 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Chekanov, Konstantin Diversity and Distribution of Carotenogenic Algae in Europe: A Review |
title | Diversity and Distribution of Carotenogenic Algae in Europe: A Review |
title_full | Diversity and Distribution of Carotenogenic Algae in Europe: A Review |
title_fullStr | Diversity and Distribution of Carotenogenic Algae in Europe: A Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Diversity and Distribution of Carotenogenic Algae in Europe: A Review |
title_short | Diversity and Distribution of Carotenogenic Algae in Europe: A Review |
title_sort | diversity and distribution of carotenogenic algae in europe: a review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36827149 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md21020108 |
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