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Screening and characterization of astaxanthin-hyperproducing mutants of Haematococcus pluvialis

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Haematococcus pluvialis was mutated by UV or ethyl methanesulphonate. Mutants resistant to nicotine, diphenylamine, fluridone or norflurazon were then selected. Several nicotine-resistant mutants showed increased (1.9% to 2.5% vs. 1.2% w/w) astaxanthin production. Mutants maintained high astaxanthin production over 4 months of repeated culture.

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  1. National Feed Engineering Technology Research Center, [China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, P.R. China

    Yong Chen, Defa Li, Wenqing Lu & Jianjun Xing

  2. College of Food Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, P.R. China

    Bodi Hui & Yashan Han

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Chen, Y., Li, D., Lu, W. et al. Screening and characterization of astaxanthin-hyperproducing mutants of Haematococcus pluvialis . Biotechnology Letters 25, 527–529 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022877703008

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