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Table 1 Mutagenesis strategies for Astaxanthin production

From: Advances and trends for astaxanthin synthesis in Phaffia rhodozyma

Strains

Strategies

Fermentation scale

Production (mg/L)

Content (mg/g)

Fold change

Reference

S. cerevisiae SyBE_Sc2110M7

ARTP mutagenesis

5-L bioreactor

217.9

13.8

0.83

[28]

H. pluvialis DPA12-2

UV, Ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS), diphenylamine(DPA) mutagenesis

shake-flask 15 days

82.6

47.2

1.7

[29]

P. rhodozyma JH-82

γ-irradiation

shake-flask 8 days

2.6

0.16

1.77

[27]