Table 2.
Carotenoid production of ANCH isolates and the AVHN2 and UCD 67-385 strains
| Carotenoid (µg g−1 dry yeast) |
X. dendrorhous strains/isolates | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANCH01 | ANCH06 | ANCH08 | ANCH08-NTG150-A-1 | ANCH08-gamma5-A-1 | AVHN2 | UCD 67-385 | |
| Total carotenoid | 1,315.23 ± 217.74 (100) | 207.69 ± 6.63 (100) | 353.67 ± 28.42 (100) | 564.00 ± 64.41 (100) | 211.67 ± 9.16 (100) | 208.01 ± 81.46 (100) | 192.06 ± 11.84 (100) |
| β-carotene | 30.17 ± 15.21 (2.34 ± 1.16) | 118.17 ± 12.59 (56.90 ± 6.06) | 234.51 ± 18.84 (66.32 ± 1.78) | 224.81 ± 29.87 (39.81 ± 1.60) | 121.01 ± 8.16 (57.15 ± 2.35) | 10.34 ± 0.93 (4.97 ± 0.45) | 14.30 ± 1.49 (7.45 ± 0.78) |
| Echinenone | 11.69 ± 1.87 (0.89 ± 0.14) | 19.12 ± 3.11 (9.21 ± 1.50) | 3.15 ± 1.66 (0.89 ± 0.49) | 2.71 ± 1.06 (0.47 ± 0.15) | 1.61 ± 0.32 (0.76 ± 0.13) | 5.22 ± 0.83 (2.51 ± 0.40) | 7.70 ± 1.38 (4.01 ± 0.72) |
| OH-Echinenone | 33.04 ± 4.98 (2.51 ± 3.38) | 16.48 ± 5.42 (7.93 ± 2.61) | 22.99 ± 4.06 (6.47 ± 0.63) | 51.00 ± 7.55 (9.02 ± 0.32) | 20.29 ± 2.12 (9.58 ± 0.70) | 12.55 ± 6.56 (6.03 ± 3.15) | 18.05 ± 1.44 (9.40 ± 0.75) |
| Phoenicoxanthin | 134.54 ± 7.80 (10.23 ± 0.59) | 11.31 ± 2.73 (5.44 ± 1.31) | 12.13 ± 2.73 (3.41 ± 0.60) | 51.54 ± 6.74 (9.14 ± 0.46) | 11.53 ± 0.93 (5.45 ± 0.38) | 27.36 ± 1.91 (13.15 ± 0.92) | 26.63 ± 2.31 (13.86 ± 1.21) |
| Astaxanthin | 988.90 ± 3.91 (75.19 ± 0.3) | 29.13 ± 6.76 (14.03 ± 3.26) | 33.46 ± 4.26 (9.45 ± 0.80) | 150.96 ± 14.26 (26.82 ± 1.04) | 36.62 ± 2.73 (17.34 ± 1.73) | 130.76 ± 3.43 (62.86 ± 1.65) | 110.33 ± 4.11 (57.44 ± 2.14) |
| Other carotenoidsa | 105.45 ± 10.01 (8.02 ± 0.76) | 12.45 ± 6.28 (5.99 ± 3.02) | 47.59 ± 4.56 (13.50 ± 1.53) | 83.02 ± 7.87 (14.75 ± 0.53) | 22.58 ± 2.37 (10.67 ± 1.05) | 17.58 ± 4.90 (8.45 ± 2.36) | 14.63 ± 1.59 (7.62 ± 0.83) |
Table values are the average results of three independent experiments ± standard deviation. Percentage relative to total carotenoids is indicated in parentheses
aOther carotenoids include canthaxanthin, OH-keto-torulene, OH-keto-γ-carotene, torulene, neurosporene and unidentified carotenoids