Biotechnologically useful yeast strains have been receiving important attention worldwide
for the demand of a wide range of industries. Rhodotorula mucilaginosa is recognized as a …

Torulene and torularhodin represent the group of carotenoids and are synthesized by yeasts
and fungi. The most important producers of these two compounds include yeasts of …

Carotenoids are natural lipophilic pigments mainly found in plants, but also found in some
animals and can be synthesized by fungi, some bacteria, algae, and aphids. These …

The demand for food, feed, cosmeceutical, and nutraceutical supplements/additives from
natural sources has been rapidly increasing, with expectations for a faster expansion than …

Carotenoids are one of the most common classes of pigments that occur in nature. Due to
their biological properties, they are widely used in phytomedicine and in the chemical …

The development of an effective, realistic, and sustainable microbial biorefinery depends on
several factors, including as one of the key aspects an adequate selection of microbial …

Color of a food is one of the major factors influencing its acceptance by consumers. At
presently synthetic dyes are the most commonly used food colorant in food industry by …

Antibiotic resistance is the principal mechanism of an evergrowing bacterial threat. Antibiotic
residues in the environment are a major contributor to the spread of antibiotic resistance …

In this study, we aimed to determine the effect of exogenous stress factors (sodium chloride
as osmotic stressor, hydrogen peroxide as an inducer of oxidative stress, white light …

The use of cell factories to convert sugars from lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals in
which oleochemicals and food additives, such as carotenoids, is essential for the shift …