Microbial Carotenoids From Fungi

Essential Role of Genetics in the Advancement of Biotechnology.-Microbial Carotenoids.-Biosynthesis, Extraction, Purification and Analysis of Trisporoid Sexual Communication Compounds from Mated Cultures of Blakeslea trispora.-Isolation of Mutants and Construction of Intersexual Heterokaryons  of Blakeslea trispora.-Molecular Tools for Carotenogenesis Analysis in the Zygomycete Mucor circinelloides.-Gene Fusions for the Directed Modification of the Carotenoid Biosynthesis Pathway in Mucor circinelloides.-Integration of a Bacterial b-carotene Ketolase Gene into the Mucor circinelloides Genome by the Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated Transformation (ATMT) Method.-Metabolic Engineering of Mucor circinelloides for Zeaxanthin Production.-Bioengineering of Oleaginous Yeast Yarrowia Lipolytica for Lycopene Production.-Peroxisome Targeting of Lycopene Pathway Enzymes in Pichia pastoris.-Production, Extraction and Quantification of Astaxanthin by  Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous or Haematococcus pluvialis: Standardized Techniques.-Isolation and Selection of New Astaxanthin Producing Strains of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous.-Isolation and Characterization of Extrachromosomal double-stranded RNA Elements in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous.-Isolation of Carotenoid Hyperproducing Mutants of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma) by Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting.-Generation of Astaxanthin Mutants in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous using a Double Recombination Method Based on Hygromycin Resistance.-Genetic Manipulation of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous and Phaffia rhodozyma.-DNA Assembler Method for Construction of Zeaxanthin-producing

Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.-Neurosporaxanthin Production by Neurospora and Fusarium.-Production of Torularhodin, Torulene and Beta-Carotene by Rhodotorula Yeasts.