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. 2015 Jun 18;14:90. doi: 10.1186/s12934-015-0279-4

Table 1.

Composition of major carotenoids in three strains

Strain Astaxanthin HDCO Keto1 Keto2 β-carotene Other carotenoids
CSR19 73.3 ± 1.0 7.5 ± 0.6 0.6 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.1 0.7 ± 0.1 17.6 ± 1.8
CS19 67.2 ± 0.8 11.8 ± 0.7 1.8 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.1 1.8 ± 0.0 17.0 ± 0.1
MK19 66.3 ± 0.3 7.6 ± 0.3 5.3 ± 0.1 2.0 ± 0.0 6.8 ± 0.3 12.0 ± 0.3

Values shown are proportions of the given compound as a percentage of total pigments in the given strain (mean from 3 individual cultures).