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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Toru Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruhiko Ide, Hachioji, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruhiko Ide, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Tosoh Corporation, Shunan-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A carotenoid producing bacterium belonging to the genusthat selectively produces canthaxanthin so that the amount thereof is not less than 90 percent by weight of the total amount of produced carotenoids including β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, echinenone, canthaxanthin, 3-hydroxyechinenone, 3'-hydroxyechinenone, zeaxanthin, phoenicoxanthin, adonixanthin, and astaxanthin. A method for producing canthaxanthin by culturing the above bacterium, and then collecting carotenoids from bacterial cells or a culture solution after the culturing.