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the carotenoid biosynthesis, this knowledge being crucial for the development of
biotechnological processes aiming at carotenoid production by microalgae.
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M. Scarsini et al.
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biotechnological processes aiming at carotenoid production by microalgae.
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Abe, K., Hattori, H., & Hirano, M. (2007). Accumulation and antioxidant activity of secondary
carotenoids in the aerial microalga Coelastrella sriolata var. multistriata. Food Chemistry, 100,
656–661.
Abreu, A. P., Fernandes, B., Vicente, A. A., Teixeira, J., & Dragone, G. (2012). Mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris using industrial dairy waste as organic carbon source. Bioresource
Technology, 118, 61–66.
Aburai, N., Sumida, D., & Abe, K. (2015). Effect of light level and salinity on the composition
and accumulation of free and ester-type carotenoids in the aerial microalga Scenedesmus sp.
(Chlorophyceae). Algal Research, 8, 30–36.
Ajayan, K. V., Selvaraju, M., & Thirugnanamoorthy, K. (2012). Enrichment of chlorophyll and
phycobiliproteins in Spirulina platensis by the use of reflector light and nitrogen sources: An
in-vitro study. Biomass and Bioenergy, 47, 436–441.
Alexandratos, N., & Bruinsma, J. (2012). World agriculture towards 2030/2050: The 2012 revision.
Rome: FAO.
Alonso-Alvarez, C., García-De Blas, E., & Mateo, R. (2018). Dietary canthaxanthin reduces xanthophyll uptake and red coloration in adult red-legged partridges. The Journal of Experimental
Biology, 221, jeb185074.
Alsenani, F., Wass, T. J., Ma, R., Eltanahy, E., Netzel, M. E., & Schenk, P. M. (2019). Transcriptomewide analysis of Chlorella reveals auxin-induced carotenogenesis pathway in green microalgae.
Algal Research, 37, 320–335.
Altincicek, B., Kovacs, J., & Gerardo, N. (2011). Horizontally transferred fungal carotenoid genes
in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Biology Letters, 8, 253–257.
Ambati, R. R., Phang, S. M., Ravi, S., & Aswathanarayana, R. G. (2014). Astaxanthin: Sources,
extraction, stability, biological activities and its commercial applications—A review. Marine
drugs, 12, 128–152.
Ambati, R. R., Gogisetty, D., Aswathanarayana, R. G., Ravi, S., Bikkina, P. N., Lei, B., et al. (2019).
Industrial potential of carotenoid pigments from microalgae: Current trends and future prospects.
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 59, 1880–1902.
Anahas, A. M. P., & Muralitharan, G. (2019). Central composite design (CCD) optimization of
phytohormones supplementation for enhanced cyanobacterial biodiesel production. Renewable
Energy, 130, 749–761.
Anto, S., Karpagam, R., Renukadevi, P., Jawaharraj, K., & Varalakshmi, P. (2019). Biomass enhancement and bioconversion of brown marine microalgal lipid using heterogeneous catalysts mediated
transesterification from biowaste derived biochar and bionanoparticle. Fuel, 255.
Anunciato, T. P., & Da Rocha Filho, P. A. (2012). Carotenoids and polyphenols in nutricosmetics,
nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals. Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 11, 51–54.
Ao, X., & Kim, I. H. (2019). Effects of astaxanthin produced by Phaffia rhodozyma on growth
performance, antioxidant activities, and meat quality in Pekin ducks. Poultry Science, 98, 4954–
4960.
Arab, M., Hosseini, S. M., Nayebzadeh, K., Khorshidian, N., Yousefi, M., Razavi, S. H., et al.
(2019). Microencapsulation of microbial canthaxanthin with alginate and high methoxyl pectin
and evaluation the release properties in neutral and acidic condition. International Journal of
Biological Macromolecules, 121, 691–698.