Resonant Raman quantification of zeaxanthin production from Flavobacterium multivorum

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1007-1011

  Bhosale, Prakash ^a   Ermakov, Igor V ^b   Ermakova, Maia R ^b   Gellermann, Werner ^b   Bernstein, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Flavobacterium multivorum; Raman spectroscopy; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BETA CAROTENE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVOBACTERIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; XANTHOPHYLLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; SPHINGOBACTERIUM MULTIVORUM;

EID: 0042361764     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024199213519     Document Type: Article

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