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Microbial Carotenoids

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Introduction

Since living organisms can produce many chemical substances in their metabolic systems, their functions can be maximally utilized to produce highly functional substances at high efficiency without the chemical synthesis process.
　Carotenoids are typical pigments produced by living organisms in their metabolic systems. They are well known as red or yellow pigments in tomatoes and carrots and as nutrients. Typical carotenoids include beta-carotene and astaxanthin. Some microorganisms also produce carotenoids.
　To enable the use of carotenoid-producing microorganisms, NITE has conducted advanced carotenoid measurements and analysis of carotenoid production and metabolism in microorganisms.
 

Chemical structural formula of typical carotenoids, beta-Carotene C40H56 Mol. Wt.:536.89 Exact Mass:536.4382, Astaxanthin C40H52O4 Mol. Wt.:596.85 Exact Mass:596.3866
 

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Analyzed Microorganisms

NITE selected 43 microorganisms such as yeasts and actinomycetes and analyzed the extracts by liquid chromatograph - mass spectrometry (LC/MS) to confirm whether they produced carotenoids and to identify the carotenoids they produced.
　The detailed analysis results are available to be downloaded from the DBRP (Data and Biological Resource Platformopen a page in a new window). (DBRP is only available in Japanese.)
　In the analysis result column of the table below, you can download photographs of the colony shapes from "Colony", images of the cell shapes from "Cell", nucleotide sequences from "Genome", predicted carotenoid-related gene sequences from "Gene Prediction", and LC/MS measurement results from "LC/MS", respectively.

 

No. Phylum Strain Analysis result
01 Actinobacteria Micrococcus luteus NBRC 3333open a page in a new window Colonyopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
02 Actinobacteria Kocuria rosea NBRC 15588open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
03 Actinobacteria Kocuria flava NBRC 107626open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
04 Actinobacteria Streptomyces mirabilis NBRC 13450open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
05 Actinobacteria Streptomyces olivochromogenes NBRC 13067open a page in a new window Colonyopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
06 Actinobacteria Actinophytocola gilvus NBRC 109453open a page in a new window Colonyopen a page in a new window
Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
07 Actinobacteria Actinoplanes teichomyceticus NBRC 13999open a page in a new window Colonyopen a page in a new window
Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
08 Actinobacteria Angustibacter luteus NBRC 105387open a page in a new window Colonyopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
09 Actinobacteria Asanoa ishikariensis NBRC 14551open a page in a new window Colonyopen a page in a new window
Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
10 Actinobacteria Asanoa ferruginea NBRC 14496open a page in a new window Colonyopen a page in a new window
Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
11 Actinobacteria Cellulomonas aerilata NBRC 106308open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
12 Actinobacteria Nocardia seriolae NBRC 15557open a page in a new window Colonyopen a page in a new window
Genomeopen a page in a new window
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13 Actinobacteria Streptoalloteichus hindustanus NBRC 15115open a page in a new window Colonyopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
14 Actinobacteria Streptomyces cellostaticus NBRC 12849open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
15 Bacteroidetes Flavobacterium glycines NBRC 105008open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
16 Bacteroidetes Marinilabilia salmonicolor NBRC 15948open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
17 Firmicutes Bacillus vietnamensis NBRC 101237open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
18 Proteobacteria Corallococcus coralloides NBRC 100076open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
19 Proteobacteria Pseudomonas alcaligenes NBRC 14159open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
20 Proteobacteria Pseudomonas parafulva NBRC 16636open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
21 Proteobacteria Sphingomonas astaxanthinifaciens NBRC 102146open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
22 Proteobacteria Sphingomonas jaspsi NBRC 102120open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
23 Proteobacteria Sphingomonas pruni NBRC 15498open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
24 Proteobacteria Sphingomonas trueperi NBRC 100456open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
25 Proteobacteria Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis NBRC 107699open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
26 Proteobacteria Paracoccus marinus NBRC 100637open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
27 Rhodothermaeota Rubricoccus marinus NBRC 107124open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
LC/MSopen a page in a new window
28 (Bigyra) Aurantiochytrium sp. NBRC 102614open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
29 (Bigyra) Botryochytrium radiatum NBRC 104107open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
30 (Bigyra) Oblongichytrium sp. NBRC 102618open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
31 (Bigyra) Ulkenia amoeboidea NBRC 104106open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
32 (Bigyra) Aurantiochytrium sp. NBRC 111922open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
33 (Bigyra) Thraustochytriaceae sp. NBRC 111921open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
34 (Bigyra) Thraustochytrium sp. NBRC 111915open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
35 (Bigyra) Schizochytrium sp. NBRC 102617open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
36 Ascomycota Neonectria coccinea NBRC 104641open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
37 Mucoromycota Phycomyces blakesleeanus NBRC 33097open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
38 Mucoromycota Blakeslea trispora NBRC 32295open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
39 Mucoromycota Mucor circinelloides f. circinelloides NBRC 4554open a page in a new window LC/MSopen a page in a new window
40 Basidiomycota Rhodotorula toruloides NBRC 0559open a page in a new window Cellopen a page in a new window
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41 Basidiomycota Rhodotorula aurantiaca NBRC 0754open a page in a new window Cellopen a page in a new window
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42 Basidiomycota Rhodotorula mucilaginosa NBRC 0909open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
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43 Basidiomycota Rhodotorula toruloides NBRC 10032open a page in a new window Genomeopen a page in a new window
Gene Predictionopen a page in a new window
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This study was sponsored by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

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Analytical Instruments

The mass spectrometer used for the analysis is introduced below.

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