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Patent Inventor Names
Yutaka Setoguchi0
Tatsuo Hoshino0
Kazuyuki Ojima0
Date of Patent
October 30, 2007
0Patent Application Number
105288470
Date Filed
September 25, 2003
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to a gene useful in a process to increase the microbial production of carotenoids. The carotenoids astaxanthin is distributed in a wide variety of organisms such as animals, algae and microorganisms. It has a strong antioxidation property against reactive oxygen species. Astaxanthin is used as a coloring reagent, especially in the industry of farmed fish, such as salmon, because astaxanthin imparts distinctive orange-red coloration to the animals and contributes to consumer appeal in the marketplace.
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