Method for separating carotenoid
AssigneeJx Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
InventorsKazuaki Hirasawa, Akira Tsubokura
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for collecting a carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium at high yield. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for separating a carotenoid comprising a step of precipitating a concentrate containing the carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium under acidic conditions; and a method for producing a carotenoid comprising the steps of precipitating a concentrate containing the carotenoid from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium under acidic conditions and collecting the carotenoid from the obtained precipitate.
Claims11
A method for separating a carotenoid comprising a step of precipitating a concentrate containing the carotenoid and a bacterial body from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium under acidic conditions.
A method for producing a carotenoid comprising the steps of:
- precipitating a concentrate containing the carotenoid and a bacterial body from a culture of a carotenoid-producing bacterium under acidic conditions;
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- collecting the carotenoid from the obtained precipitate.
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