DNA fingerprinting differentiation between beta-carotene hyperproducer strains of Dunaliella from around the world.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dunaliella salina is the most important species of the genus for beta-carotene production. Several investigations have demonstrated that D. salina produces more than 10% dry weight of pigment and that the species grows in salt saturated lagoons. High plasticity in the green stage and the almost indistinguishable differences in the red phase make identification and differentiation of species and ecotypes very difficult and time consuming.

Results

In this work, we applied our intron-sizing method to compare the 18S rDNA fingerprint between D. salina (CCAP 19/18), D. salina/bardawil (UTEX LB2538) and beta-carotene hyperproducing strains of Dunaliella isolated from salt saturated lagoons in Baja, Mexico. All hyperproducer strains reached beta-carotene levels of about

SUBMITTER: Olmos J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2710335 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature