Astaxanthin is a carotenoid with a number of assets useful for the food, cosmetic and
pharmaceutical industries. Nowadays, it is mainly produced by chemical synthesis …

Astaxanthin has been widely applied in feed additives and the medical industry due to its
antioxidant, coloring, and health‐promoting properties. Traditional processes for astaxanthin …

The metabolic engineering of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, one of the fastest-growing
microalgae, is a potential alternative for enhanced carotenoid productivity. CrtYB (phytoene …

Yarrowia lipolytica is an unconventional yeast, and is generally recognized as safe (GRAS).
It provides a versatile fermentation platform that is used commercially to produce many …

Background Astaxanthin is a potent antioxidant with increasing biotechnological interest. In
Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, a natural source of this pigment, carotenogenesis is a …

Astaxanthin is one of the most attractive carotenoids due to its high antioxidant activity and
beneficial biological properties, while Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is one of its main …

Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is an excellent industrial source for production of natural
astaxanthin, but the yield of astaxanthin is relative low due to the contradiction between …

Many marine bioactive compounds have medicinal and nutritional values. These bioactive
compounds have been prepared using solvent-based extraction from marine bio-resources …

The red yeast X. dendrorhous is one of the few natural sources of astaxanthin, a carotenoid
used in aquaculture for salmonid fish pigmentation and in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical …

Background Synonymous codons are used differentially in organisms from the three
domains of life, a phenomenon referred to as codon usage bias. In addition, codon pair bias …