Influence of stress on astaxanthin production in Haematococcus pluvialis grown under different culture conditions

Sarada, R. and Tripathi, Usha and Ravishankar, G. A. (2002) Influence of stress on astaxanthin production in Haematococcus pluvialis grown under different culture conditions. Process Biochemistry, 37. pp. 623-627.

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Abstract

The influence of stress was studied on astaxanthin production in Haematococcus plu�ialis grown under different culture conditions. High concentrations of NaCl (�1.0% w/v) were lethal and the age of the culture was crucial for stress induced astaxanthin production. Four to-eight-day-old cultures were sensitive to NaCl addition while older cultures (12–16 days) were resistant. Older cells accumulated 8.3–10.69 mg/l astaxanthin compared to 0.95–8.1 mg/l in 4–8-day-old cultures, respectively. Cultures grown with calcium nitrate as nitrogen source showed a significant increase in astaxanthin content and production under stress compared to other nitrogen sources. Similarly, cultures grown at pH 7.0 showed more astaxanthin production than those grown at pHs of 6.0, 8.0 and 9.0.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Astaxanthin; Culture age; Haematococcus plu�ialis; Salinity stress
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 08 Botanical sciences > 01 Botany > 01 Algae
Divisions:	Plant Cell Biotechnology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2007 12:05
Last Modified:	28 Dec 2011 09:30
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/1471

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