Article
Characterization of a novel South American population of the astaxanthin producing yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma).
Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology - 1 Mar 2008
Libkind Diego, Moliné Martín, de García Virginia, Fontenla Sonia, van Broock María
Abstract excerpt
A novel population of the biotechnologically important yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, the sexual stage of Phaffia rhodozyma, has been recently isolated for the first time in the southern Hemisphere (Patagonia, Argentina). The aim of the present work was to phenotypically and genotypically characterize two representative strains of this new population, and assess such strains as a potential biotechnological...
Topics
- Amylases
- Argentina
- Basidiomycota
- Culture Media
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Fungal
- Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
- Genotype
- Mycological Typing Techniques
- Phenotype
- Species Specificity
