Patent ID: 11884914
Assignee: KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  Y | IPC C

Claim 18:
19. An engineered variant of Haematococcus sp. KAU-01 deposited under patent deposit number PTA-127272;
wherein said variant has genomic DNA that is less than 100% identical to that of Haematococcus sp. KAU-01 and wherein said variant has been produced by transformation of Haematococcus sp. KAU-01 with an exogenous DNA, has been produced by chemical or radiological treatment of Haematococcus sp. KAU-01, has been produced by having the genomic DNA of Haematococcus sp. KAU-01 epigenetically modified to differ from that of Haematococcus sp. KAU-01,
wherein said variant has 18S and/or 26S rDNA that is 100% identical to that of Haematococcus sp. KAU-01.