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Carotenoid pigments from the red mirror yeast, Sporobolomyces roseus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2002

Poalo Davoli  and
Roland W.S. Weber
Poalo Davoli
Affiliation:
Lehrbereich Biotechnologie, Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 23,67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] Present address: Dipartmento di Chimica, Universitá di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 183, 41100 Modena, Italy. E-mail: [email protected]
Roland W.S. Weber
Affiliation:
Lehrbereich Biotechnologie, Universität Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 23,67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The striking reddish-pink colour of the phylloplane yeast Sporobolomyces roseus was found to be due to three major carotenoid pigments which were identified by UV and mass spectra as β-carotene, torulene and torularhodin. Simple protocols for the extraction of these pigments and their visual separation by thin-layer chromatography are presented. Ultrastructurally, the pigments were localized within numerous small lipid droplets. Putative physiological roles and the biotechnological relevance of carotenoids from red yeasts are discussed.

Keywords

biotechnologyβ-carotenecarotenoidslipd dropletspogmentsSporobolomyces roseustorularhodintorulene
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Original Article
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Mycologist , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , August 2002 , pp. 102 - 108
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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