Fig. 5.

Carotenoids and sterols in X. dendrorhous strains studied in this work. A Carotenoids and B sterols were extracted at the stationary phase of growth cultures (120 h of culture) and quantified at 474 nm and 280 nm, respectively. Values correspond to the average value from three independent cultures of each strain, and the error bars correspond to the standard deviation. Data were normalized with respect to the dry weight of the yeast. ns non-significant differences and *p-value < 0.05, student’s t-test