Stimulation of astaxanthin formation in the yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous by the fungus Epicoccum nigrum

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 511-519

  Echavarri Erasun, Carlos ^a   Johnson, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Astaxanthin; Carotenoid; Epicoccum nigrum; Phaffia rhodozyma; Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; FUNGAL DNA;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPICOCCUM NIGRUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; WILD TYPE; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS; YEAST;

EPICOCCUM; EPICOCCUM NIGRUM; FUNGI; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 0742287055     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-1356(03)00177-6     Document Type: Article

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