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. 2014 Aug 20;2:28. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00028

Table 5.

Astaxanthin and decaprenoxanthin production by recombinant C. glutamicum strains with improved IPP supply.

C. glutamicum strain Production (mg g−1 DCW)
Decaprenoxanthin β-Carotene Zeaxanthin Astaxanthin
LYC3-MEP(pVWEx1)(pEKEx3) <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
LYC3-MEP(pVWEx1-idi)(pEKEx3-crtEbY) 0.4 ± 0.1 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
LYC3-MEP(pVWEx1-idi)(pEKEx3-crtZWY) <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 0.1 ± 0.0
LYC3-MEP(pVWEx1-crtEBI)(pEKEx3-crtZWY) <0.01 2.1 ± 1.3 1.2 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.5

Cells were grown in glucose CGXII minimal medium with 50 μM IPTG. Means and standard deviations of three cultivations are reported.