Challenges and tackles in metabolic engineering for microbial production of carotenoids

Abstract Naturally occurring carotenoids have been isolated and used as colorants, antioxidants, nutrients, etc. in many fields. There is an ever-growing demand for carotenoids production. To comfort this, microbial production of carotenoids is an attractive alternative to current extraction from na...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chonglong Wang, Shuli Zhao, Xixi Shao, Ji-Bin Park, Seong-Hee Jeong, Hyo-Jin Park, Won-Ju Kwak, Gongyuan Wei, Seon-Won Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12934-019-1105-1

Similar Items