Table 2.

Growth parameters and total carotenoid content in the wild-type strain and various mutants grown at laboratory level.

Strain	Maximum cell density (cells mL−1)	Dry weight (g L−1)	Total carotenoids by dry biomass (%)
Wild-type strain	148 063	1.1	0.50
Mutant B12	143 771	0.6	0.75
Mutant B18	155 788	1.3	0.63
Mutant B19	137 333	1.1	0.63
Mutant B21	195 700	1.1	0.88
Mutant B23	213 296	1.8	0.63
Mutant B24	243 767	1.5	1.88
Mutant B28	229 175	0.9	1.12
Mutant B29	220 163	1.1	0.75
Mutant B30	105 146	1.2	0.75
Mutant Iqq4	124 888	0.6	0.50
Mutant Iqq6	130 038	1.4	0.75
Mutant Iqq7	136 046	1.1	0.50
Mutant Iqq13	90 983	0.5	0.25