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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
Toru Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruhiko Ide, Hachioji, JP;
Kei-ichi Murayama, Yamamoto, JP;
Seigou Oe, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Imaizumi, Sagamihara, JP;
Satoshi Hanzawa, Ebana, JP;
Toshinobu Toyoshima, Sagamihara, JP;
Toru Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruhiko Ide, Hachioji, JP;
Kei-ichi Murayama, Yamamoto, JP;
Seigou Oe, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Imaizumi, Sagamihara, JP;
Satoshi Hanzawa, Ebana, JP;
Toshinobu Toyoshima, Sagamihara, JP;
Tosoh Corporation, Shunan-shi, JP;
Abstract
To provide a microorganism capable of producing a large amount of carotenoids, mainly astaxanthin, and to provide a method of producing carotenoids using the microorganism, a microorganism having improved carotenoid productivity is used, which is obtainable by breeding a carotenoid producingbacteria which is featured by producing 720 mg or more carotenoid per 1 L of culture medium. Also used is a method of producing carotenoids using the bacterium.