Patent ID: 8173391
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: C12N,C12P

Abstract:
1. A method for cultivating carotenoid-rich golden yellow algae comprising the steps of: (a) culturing an algae in a culture medium containing 0.1 to 0.15 g/l of a carbon source and 0.06 to 0.35 g/l of a nitrogen source for 5 to 7 days; (b) after completion of step (a), adjusting the concentration of the carbon source in the culture medium to 0.2 to 1.5 g/l and the concentration of the nitrogen source in the culture medium to 0.005 to 0.03 g/l to obtain an adjusted culture medium and cultivating the algae resulting from (a) in the adjusted culture medium for another 5 to 7 days; (c) periodically supplementing the adjusted culture medium in step (b) with a high carbon organic nutrient; and (d) harvesting carotenoid-rich golden yellow algae resulting from step (c).