Torulene and torularhodin:“new” fungal carotenoids for industry?

AM Kot, S Błażejak, I Gientka, M Kieliszek, J Bryś - Microbial Cell Factories, 2018 - Springer
Torulene and torularhodin represent the group of carotenoids and are synthesized by yeasts
and fungi. The most important producers of these two compounds include yeasts of …

Microbial torularhodin–a comprehensive review

CU Mussagy, M Gonzalez-Miquel… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The demand for food, feed, cosmeceutical, and nutraceutical supplements/additives from
natural sources has been rapidly increasing, with expectations for a faster expansion than …

Rhodotorula sp.–based biorefinery: a source of valuable biomolecules

CU Mussagy, HF Ribeiro, VC Santos-Ebinuma… - Applied Microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
The development of an effective, realistic, and sustainable microbial biorefinery depends on
several factors, including as one of the key aspects an adequate selection of microbial …

Optimization of Carotenoids Production from Rhodotorula sp. Strain ATL72 for Enhancing Its Biotechnological Applications

A Dyaa, H Soliman, A Abdelrazak, BN Samra… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rhodotorula yeasts which are known as carotenogenic yeasts have a great industrial value
due to their ability to produce carotenoids. In particular, the isolated yeast Rhodotorula …

Microbial pigments: major groups and industrial applications

JVO Barreto, LM Casanova, AN Junior… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microbial pigments have many structures and functions with excellent characteristics, such
as being biodegradable, non-toxic, and ecologically friendly, constituting an important …

β-carotene production from soap stock by loofa-immobilized Rhodotorula rubra in an airlift photobioreactor

S Alipour, A Habibi, S Taavoni, K Varmira - Process Biochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the soap stock as a sole carbon source was used for growing a carotenoid
producing yeast (Rhodotorula rubra). The application of soap stock resulted in increase of …

Cultivation of oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula mucilaginosa IIPL32 in split column airlift reactor and its influence on fuel properties

D Dasgupta, T Sharma, A Bhatt, S Bandhu… - Biocatalysis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lipid-derived from oleaginous yeast is now being considered as promising feedstock for
production of biofuels and oleochemicals. One of the major advantages of such yeasts over …

Low-temperature phenol-degrading microbial agent: Construction and mechanism

Y Yang, Y Zhang, C Liu, Z Su, R Zhao, J Zhou - Archives of Microbiology, 2023 - Springer
In this study, three cold-tolerant phenol-degrading strains, Pseudomonas veronii Ju-A1 (Ju-
A1), Leifsonia naganoensis Ju-A4 (Ju-A4), and Rhodococcus qingshengii Ju-A6 (Ju-A6) …

Optimized fed-batch cultivation of Rhodotorula toruloides in a bubble column bioreactor progressed the β-carotene production from corn steep liquor

S Fallahi, A Habibi, S Abbasi, R Sharifi - Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2023 - Springer
In this work, a new isolate yeast, namely Rhodotorula toruloides KP324973, was examined
for β-carotene production from corn steep liquor (CSL) as a sole carbon source because …

In Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, active oxidative metabolism increases carotenoids to inactivate excess reactive oxygen species

E Mosqueda-Martínez, N Chiquete-Félix… - Frontiers in Fungal …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Carotenoids produced by bacteria, yeasts, algae and plants inactivate Free Radicals (FR).
However, FR may inactivate carotenoids and even turn them into free radicals. Oxidative …