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Pigment Production Improvement in Rhodotorula mucilaginosa AJB01 Using Design of Experiments
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Juli, án Garcia-Vásquez Garcia-Cortes, Alejandra Aranguren, Yani Ramirez-Castrillon, Mauricio |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | The discovery of biopigments has received considerable attention from the industrial sector, mainly for potential applications as novel molecules with biological activity, in cosmetics or if aquaculture food supplements. The main objective of this study was to increase the production of carotenoid pigments in a naturally pigmented yeast by subjecting the yeast to various cellular stresses using design of experiments. The fungal strain Rhodotorula mucilaginosa AJB01 was isolated from a food sample collected in Barranquilla, Colombia, and one of the pigments produced was β-carotene. This strain was subjected to various stress conditions, including osmotic stress using different salts, physical stress by ultraviolet (UV) light, and light stress using different photoperiods. The optimal growth conditions for carotenoid production were determined to be 1 min of UV light, 0.5 mg/L of magnesium sulfate, and an 18:6 h light/dark period, which resulted in a carotenoid yield of 118.3 µg of carotenoid per gram of yeast. |
| Starting Page | 387 |
| e-ISSN | 20762607 |
| DOI | 10.3390/microorganisms9020387 |
| Journal | Microorganisms |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-02-14 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Microorganisms Horticulture Paper and Wood Box-behnken Design Carotenoids Β-carotene Cellular Stress Plackett-burman Design Rhodotorula |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
