CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Department of Microbiology and Fermentation Technology, Mysore, Karnataka, 570020, India

Role of Partially Saturated Canthaxanthin and Ergosterol in the Survival of Aspergillus carbonarius Mutant at Extreme Ac...

Published in Microbiology

Unlike the wild type, the mutant Aspergillus carbonarius synthesized a yellow pigment, partially saturated canthaxanthin (PSC) when the growth medium acidified to low pH. Since the pigment found pharmaceutical applications, the possible mechanism involved in its ability to grow at extreme acidic conditions is described. To understand the mutation i...