Astaxanthin
Herman Jan Phaff: professor, mentor, friend and colleague.
Chen Y, Li D, Lu W, Xing J, Hui B, Han Y.
National Feed Engineering Technology Research Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, P.R. China.
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.
PMID: 12882139 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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