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The halotolerant microalga has been widely studied for natural β-carotene production. This work shows biochemical characterization of three newly isolated strains, DF15, DF17, and DF40, compared with CCAP 19/30 and UTEX 2538 (also known as ). Although all three new strains have been genetically characterized as strains, their ability to accumulate carotenoids and their capacity for photoprotection against high light stress are different. DF15 and UTEX 2538 reveal great potential for producing a large amount of β-carotene and maintained a high rate of photosynthesis under light of high intensity; however, DF17, DF40, and CCAP 19/30 showed increasing photoinhibition with increasing light intensity, and reduced contents of carotenoids, in particular β-carotene, suggesting that the capacity of photoprotection is dependent on the cellular content of carotenoids, in particular β-carotene. Strong positive correlations were found between the cellular content of β-carotene, 9- β-carotene, α-carotene and zeaxanthin but not lutein in the strains. Lutein was strongly correlated with respiration in photosynthetic cells and strongly related to photosynthesis, chlorophyll and respiration, suggest

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Author

Yanan Xu; Iskander Ibrahim; Chiziezi Wosu; Ami Ben-Amotz; Patricia Harvey

Publisher

MDPI AG

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)