Effects of Culture Medium Enrichment with Zinc on Astaxanthin Accumulation in a New Strain of the Microalga Dysmorphococcus globosus
Zhaohui Zan, Xinxin Huang, Zahid Hussain, Moyu Zhong, Chenyang Hou, Maozhi Ren, Xiulan Xie, Michael Hippler, Shin-Ichiro Ozawa · 2024
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Zhaohui Zan and co-authors feed zinc to a pigment-making alga in a 2024 study. The strain, newly found, makes astaxanthin, a red pigment prized as a feed additive. Zinc-rich algae could ease malnutrition in farmed water animals.
Zinc in the growth fluid, plus white light stress, shifted pigment levels in the cells. High zinc changed cell shape and light capture and loaded the cells with zinc. One mid dose gave the best pigment yield while the cells packed in zinc far above the fluid level. The work backs algae as zinc carriers that gain food value under the same dose.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhaohui Zan, Xinxin Huang, Zahid Hussain, Moyu Zhong, Chenyang Hou, Maozhi Ren, Xiulan Xie, Michael Hippler, Shin-Ichiro Ozawa |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |