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8173391 |
Golden yellow algae and method of producing the same
The present invention relates to a method for cultivating carotenoid rich golden yellow algae by varying the ratio of carbon to nitrogen content in the culture medium during cultivation and...
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8097442 |
Laccases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them
The invention provides laccases, polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, the methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides.
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8067225 |
Microalga species and its application for animal, human consumption and in obtaining carotenoids
The invention relates to a novel microalga species and to the use thereof for animal and/or human consumption and in the production of carotenoids. A novel strain of Scenedesmus has been isolated...
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8030352 |
Method of producing retinyl esters
A method of producing a retinyl ester compound comprising subjecting a composition comprising retinyl or a retinyl ester and a fat or oil of animal or vegetable origins to enzyme catalysed...
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8030022 |
Microorganism and method for producing carotenoid using it
A carotenoid producing bacterium belonging to the genus Paracoccus that selectively produces canthaxanthin so that the amount thereof is not less than 90 percent by weight of the total amount of...
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7799540 |
Method of producing lycopene through the fermentation of selected strains of Blackeslea trispora, formulations and uses of the lycopene thus obtained
The method of fermentation with selected strains of B. trispora described in the present invention makes it possible to achieve lycopene yields higher than those currently described. The methods of...
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7785823 |
Method for selective separation of free-astaxanthin from green algae Haematococcus pluvialis
There is provided a method of separating free-astaxanthin selectively from green algae and, more particularly, to a method of separating free-astaxanthin selectively from Haematococcus pluvialis,...
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7745170 |
Process for producing carotenoid compound
The present invention relates to a process for producing zeaxanthin, β-carotene, or lycopene, comprising inducing mutation in a carotenoid-producing microorganism in which the base sequence of DNA ...
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7741070 |
Gene targets for enhanced carotenoid production
The present invention provides engineered cells and methods for utilizing same. Methods of enhanced carotenoid synthesis utilizing cells genetically disrupted for a yjiD, hnr or yjfP gene, or...
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7723066 |
Processes for in vivo production of astaxanthin and phaffia rhodozyma yeast of enhanced astaxanthin content
An economical process for in vivo production of the pigment astaxanthin, and particularly a process for enhancing astaxanthin content of cultures of microorganisms of genus Phaffia, the process...
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7718417 |
Production of isoprenoids
The invention provides a biological method of producing isoprenoids.
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7695932 |
Gene targets for enhanced carotenoid production
The present invention provides genetically manipulated cells and methods for utilizing same. Methods of enhanced carotenoid synthesis utilizing cells genetically disrupted for a yjiD, hnr or yjfP...
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7695931 |
Carotenoid hydroxylase gene, method for preparing hydroxylated carotenoid, and novel geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase
The present invention provides a Brevundimonas sp. strain SD212-derived peptide having β-ionone ring-2-hydroxylase activity and a gene encoding the same, to thereby make it possible to produce ...
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7687246 |
Process for producing carotenoids
The present invention relates to a biological process for producing carotenoids utilizing a microorganism which is capable of producing carotenoids and belonging to the genus Xanthophyllomyces...
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7659097 |
Production of isoprenoids
The present invention provides methods for a robust production of isoprenoids via one or more biosynthetic pathways. The invention also provides nucleic acids, enzymes, expression vectors, and...
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RE40938 |
Process for isolation, purification, and recrystallization of lutein from saponified marigold oleoresin and uses thereof
A method of isolating, purifying and recrystallizing substantially pure lutein, preferably from saponified marigold oleoresin in its pure free form, apart from chemical impurities and other...
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7595171 |
Ketocarotenoids from Adonis palaestina
Methods for the production of new Adonis palaestina plants and plant populations with improved characteristics such as increased flower size, astaxanthin content, and/or reduced cardenolide content...
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7566795 |
Preparation of retinyl esters
Long-chain esters of retinol are prepared via a chemoenzymatic process from short-chain retinyl esters and an appropriate long-chain acid or ester in the presence of an enzyme. Use of various...
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7566551 |
Method of producing xanthophyll
The present invention provides a method for producing a xanthophyll from a photosynthetic microalga, which includes inoculating a photosynthetic microalga containing a xanthophyll, preferably an...
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7504236 |
Method to increase carotenoid production in a microbial host cell by down-regulating glycogen synthase
A method to increase carotenoid production in carotenogenic microbial host cells is provided by down-regulating or disrupting glycogen synthesis. Disruption of glycogen synthase activity in a...
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7459288 |
Method of producing retinyl esters
A method of producing a retinyl ester compound comprising subjecting a composition comprising retinyl or a retinyl ester and a fat or oil of animal or vegetable origins to enzyme catalysed...
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7432076 |
Astaxanthin production using fed-batch fermentation process by Phaffia rhodozyma
Disclosed is a fermentation method of astaxanthin using Phaffia rhodozyma comprising the steps of: (a) in the growing phase, feeding of a nutrient medium containing glucose or sucrose based on the...
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7422873 |
Mutant carotenoid ketolase
CrtW carotenoid ketolases are provided useful for the production of astaxanthin. The ketolases genes of the present invention exhibit improved ketolase activity when converting cyclic hydroxylated...
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7413872 |
Device for preparing specimens for a cryo-electron microscope
The invention relates to a device for preparing specimens for a cryo-electron microscope, comprising an environmental chamber, a holder for a sample or a carrier, and at least one blotting element...
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7393671 |
Mutant carotenoid ketolases
CrtW carotenoid ketolases are provided that are useful for the production of astaxanthin and other cyclic ketocarotenoids. The mutant ketolase genes of the present invention encode polypeptides...
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7381541 |
Methods for producing animal feed preparations with astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes
The present invention relates to the use of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes or astaxanthin-containing extracts of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of...
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7374908 |
Microorganism and production of carotinoid compounds thereby
It is intended to provide a process for conveniently and efficiently producing large amounts of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin from a material which can be easily obtained. A microorganism...
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7288387 |
Genes of strain DC413 encoding enzymes involved in biosynthesis of carotenoid compounds
A carotenogenic biosynthetic gene cluster has been isolated from Panteoa stewartii strain DC413, wherein the genetic organization of the cluster is crtE-idi-crtX-crtY-crtI-crtB-crtZ. The genes...
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7288395 |
ACC gene
The present invention relates to a gene useful in a process to increase the microbial production of carotenoids. The carotenoids astaxanthin is distributed in a wide variety of organisms such as...
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7252964 |
Isolated carotenoid biosynthesis gene cluster involved in canthaxanthin production and applications thereof
Isolated gene cluster involved in canthaxanthin biosynthesis, which comprises a polynucleotide wherein: crtY, crtI, crtB and crtW genes are clustered in this order and in the same orientation,...
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7252965 |
Method of production of β-carotene by fermentation in mixed culture using (+) and (−) strains of Blakeslea trispora
The invention consists of fermenting selected strains of Blakeslea trispora in conditions such that β-carotene is produced in the form of stabilized preparations with residual contents of other ...
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7232666 |
Optimized bacterial host strains of Methylomonas sp. 16a
Methanotrophic bacterial strains are provided that have been optimized for the production of carotenoid compounds through the down-regulation of one or more of the crtN1, ald, crtN2 and crtN3 genes...
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7232665 |
Mutations affecting carotenoid production
Mutations in genes having no direct relationship to the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway have been found to increase carbon flux through that pathway. Complete disruption in the deaD, mreC, and yfhE...
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7229784 |
Modulation of secondary metabolite production by zinc binuclear cluster proteins
Methods for improving the production of a secondary metabolite by a fungus by increasing the yield or productivity of the secondary metabolite produced by the fungus are described. The methods...
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7229786 |
Method of producing purified carotenoid compounds
A method of producing a carotenoid in solid form includes culturing a strain of Chlorophyta algae cells in a minimal inorganic medium and separating the algae comprising a solid form of carotenoid....
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7205123 |
Recombinant materials for carotenoid production
The present invention provides recombinant DNA comprising a transcription promoter and a downstream sequence to be expressed, in operable linkage therewith, wherein the transcription promoter...
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7192731 |
Methods for efficient extraction of carotenoids using an esterase
A method of increasing a fraction of free carotenoids in a source of carotenoids in which at least some of the carotenoids are fatty acid esterified carotenoids is disclosed. The method is effected...
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7186523 |
Method for synthesis of aryl-carotenoids
A method for the production of aryl-carotenoids is provided through bioconversion of cyclic carotenoids having at least one β-ionone ring. Expression of a heterologous gene encoding a carotene ...
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7183089 |
Method for enhancing production of isoprenoid compounds
The present invention provides methods of producing an isoprenoid or an isoprenoid precursor in a genetically modified host cell. The methods generally involve modulating the level of...
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7163819 |
Bacterial hemoglobin genes and their use to increase carotenoid production
Genes encoding bacterial oxygen binding proteins are provided. Recombinant expression of at least one of the present bacterial hemoglobin genes increased the growth characteristics and/or...
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7132257 |
Production or aromatic carotenoids in gram negative bacteria
A method for the in vivo bioconversion of cyclic carotenes having a β-ionone ring to the corresponding aryl carotene is provided. Gram negative host cells expressing a heterologous, ...
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7122341 |
Engineering of metabolic control
The invention features a method of producing heterologous molecules in cells under the regulatory control of a metabolite and metabolic flux. The method can enhance the synthesis of heterologous...
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7105634 |
Genetic constructs encoding carotenoid biosynthetic enzymes
Genes isolated from Methylomonas sp. 16a have been determined to play a role in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. Specifically, crtN2 gene has the ability to produce omega-aldehyde functional...
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7098000 |
Method for production of C30-aldehyde carotenoids
The present invention provides methods to engineer microorganisms for the production of C30-aldehyde carotenoids. Specifically, various combinations of crtM, sqs, crtN and crtN2 genes from...
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7087403 |
Biological production of tetradehydrolycopene
Mutant phytoene desaturase genes are provided encoding polypeptides having the ability to convert a phytoene desaturase substrate to tetradehydrolycopene. Both in vivo and in vitro methods are...
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7074588 |
Carotenoid ketolase gene
A ketolase gene has been isolated from Rhodococcus erythropolis AN12 strain encoding a carotenoid modification enzyme of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. The gene and gene product are the first...
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7074587 |
Astaxanthin synthase
The present invention is directed to genetic materials useful for the preparation of astaxanthin from beta-carotene, such as polypeptides having astaxanthin synthase activity, DNA fragments coding...
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7070952 |
Genes encoding carotenoid compounds
Genes have been isolated from Pectobacterium cypripedii encoding geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) synthase (CrtE), phytoene synthase (CrtB), phytoene desaturase (Crtl), lycopene cyclase (CrtY),...
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7063957 |
Methods for production of astaxanthin from the green microalgae Chlorella in dark-heterotrophic cultures
A method for producing the high-value ketocarotenoid astaxanthin by the green microalga Chlorella zofingiensis in dark-heterotrophic cultures shows excellent growth and high-yield astaxanthin...
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7063955 |
Method for production of asymmetric carotenoids
Genes have been isolated from Rhodococcus and Deinococcus which encode a specific lycopene β-cyclase capable of converting acyclic carotenoids with at least one ψ-end group to the corresponding a...
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