Brown Pigments Produced by Yarrowia lipolytica Result from Extracellular Accumulation of Homogentisic Acid

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3463-3468

  Carreira, Alexandra ^a   Ferreira, Luísa M ^b   Loureiro, Virgílio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENTISIC ACID; MANGANESE; PIGMENT; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SACCHAROMYCES;

CULTURE MEDIA; HOMOGENTISIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANGANESE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SACCHAROMYCETALES; TYROSINE;

EID: 0035430519     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.8.3463-3468.2001     Document Type: Article

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