Effects of methanol on carotenoids as well as biomass and fatty acid biosynthesis in Schizochytrium limacinum B4D1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 19, 2019, Pages

  Du, Huanmin ^a,b,c   Liao, Xiaoping ^b   Gao, Zhengquan ^a   Li, Yang ^b   Lei, Yu ^b   Chen, Wuxi ^b   Chen, Limei ^b   Fan, Xiang ^b   Zhang, Ke ^b   Chen, Shulin ^b   Ma, Yanhe ^b   Meng, Chunxiao ^a   Li, Demao ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Tianjin Airport Economic Area   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Fatty acid; Schizochytrium limacinum; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIGNALING; ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH KINETICS; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; METHANOL; PIGMENTS;

CAROTENOIDS; CENTRAL CARBON METABOLISMS; FATTY ACID BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; GERANYLGERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

FATTY ACIDS;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CAROTENOID; CELL COMPONENT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; METABOLISM; METHANOL; RNA;

SCHIZOCHYTRIUM; SCHIZOCHYTRIUM LIMACINUM;

ASTAXANTHIN; FATTY ACID; METHANOL; TRANSCRIPTOME; XANTHOPHYLL;

AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STRAMENOPILE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMASS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHANOL; STRAMENOPILES; TRANSCRIPTOME; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 85072358261     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01243-19     Document Type: Article

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