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Developing a Chromochloris zofingiensis Mutant for Enhanced Production of Lutein under CO2 Aeration.
Marine drugs - 7 Mar 2022
Ren Yuanyuan, Deng Jinquan, Lin Yan, Huang Junchao, Chen Feng
Abstract excerpt
Microalgae are competitive and commercial sources for health-benefit carotenoids. In this study, a Chromochloris zofingiensis mutant (Cz-pkg), which does not shut off its photosystem and stays green upon glucose treatment, was generated and characterized. Cz-pkg was developed by treating the algal cells with a chemical mutagen as N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine and followed by a color-based colony screening...
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