Carotenoid producing culture using Nespongiococcum excentricum
US5437997A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 5, 1990 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12R2001/89
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A culture for the production of xanthophylls comprising Nospongiococcum excentricum ATCC 40335 and mutants thereof. The culture having a dry cell weight xanthophyll content of at least about 0.65% and being capable of growing to a cell density of greater than about 40 grams per liter. The culture also comprising: carbon, phosphate, sulfate, iron, magnesium, and nitrogen.
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