PRODUCTION OF ASTAXANTHIN AND 4-KETOZEAXANTHIN BY THE MARINE BACTERIUM, AGROBACTERIUM-AURANTIACUM

Authors
YOKOYAMA A IZUMIDA H MIKI W
Citation
A. Yokoyama et al., PRODUCTION OF ASTAXANTHIN AND 4-KETOZEAXANTHIN BY THE MARINE BACTERIUM, AGROBACTERIUM-AURANTIACUM, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 58(10), 1994, pp. 1842-1844
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
58
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1842 - 1844
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1994)58:10<1842:POAA4B>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
In attempts to find new sources of astaxanthin, approximately 200 stra ins of marine bacteria were collected from the sea near Okinawa Island s for screening. Silica gel TLC, VIS, EIMS, H-1-NMR, CD, and optical r esolution HPLC data indicated that one of the strains, Agrobacterium a urantiacum, produced (3S,3'S)-astaxanthin and (3S,3'R)-4-ketozeaxanthi n.