Phaffia rhodozyma: Colorful odyssey

International Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-174

  Johnson, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoids; Herman J. Phaff (1913 2001); Phaffia rhodozyma; Xanthomyces dendrorhous

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHICKEN; CHILE; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EGG YOLK; FINLAND; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; PIGMENTATION; QUAIL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; LOBSTER; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; PHASIANIDAE; SALMONIDAE; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 0141958309     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10123-003-0130-3     Document Type: Review

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