Production of carotenoids by strains of Rhodotorula glutinis cultured in raw materials of agro-industrial origin

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-44

  Buzzini, Pietro ^a   Martini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro industrial by products and surplus; Microbial carotenoids; Rhodotorula glutinis; carotene

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BYPRODUCTS; CELL CULTURE; PIGMENTS; RAW MATERIALS; YEAST;

AGRO INDUSTRIAL BYPRODUCTS AND SURPLUS; BETA CAROTENE; MICROBIAL CAROTENOIDS; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BETA CAROTENE; CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; GLUCOSE; MOLASSES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRAPE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOTORULA; SOYBEAN; SYRUP;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; RHODOTORULA GLUTINIS; VITIS SP.; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033992574     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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