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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Roche Vitamins Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/16 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/500 ; C12N 1/16 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
A process for producing carotenoids, which involves cultivating a microorganism obtained by treating a parent microorganism that produces carotenoids under conditions that induce a reduction in alternative oxidase activity and selecting a microorganism with enhanced carotenoid productivity, a method for obtaining the microorganism with enhanced carotenoid productivity, and the microorganism itself.