Carotenoids and Fatty Acids in Red Yeasts Sporobolomyces roseus and Rhodotorula glutinis |
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Authors: | Davoli P Mierau V Weber R W S |
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Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 183, 41100 Modena, Italy;(2) Lehrbereich Biotechnologie, Universitat Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 23, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany |
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Abstract: | Rhodotorula glutinis and Sporobolomyces roseus, grown under different aeration regimes, showed differential responses in their carotenoid content. At higher aeration, the concentration of total carotenoids increased relative to the biomass and total fatty acids in R. glutinis, but the composition of carotenoids (torulene > -carotene > -carotene > torularhodin) remained unaltered. In contrast, S. roseus responded to enhanced aeration by a shift from the predominant -carotene to torulene and torularhodin, indicating a biosynthetic switch at the -carotene branch point of carotenoid biosynthesis. The overall levels of total carotenoids in highly aerated flasks were 0.55 mol-percent and 0.50 mol-percent relative to the total fatty acids in R. glutinis and S. roseus (respectively), and 206 and 412 g g–1 dry weight (respectively). |
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