Pigments from Eustigmatophyceae: an interesting class of microalgae for carotenoid production

• Published in: Journal of applied phycology Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 371 - 384
• Main Authors: Amaral, Raquel, de Melo, J. Sérgio Seixas, dos Santos, Lília Maria Antunes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algae; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carotene; Carotenoids; Characiopsis; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll a; Diesters; Ecology; Eustigmatophyceae; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Health promotion; High-performance liquid chromatography; HPLC; Life Sciences; Liquid chromatography; Microalgae; Morphology; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton; Pigments; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Segregation; Strains (organisms); Violaxanthin; β-Carotene; Chlorophyll; Carotenoids; Vaucheriaxanthin diester; Eustigmatophyceae; β,β-Carotene; Violaxanthin

Pigments are a fundamental part of the microalgal cell, with chlorophylls at the center of photosynthesis and carotenoids as accessory pigments. The characteristic pigment profile of the Eustigmatophyceae was one of the evidences which contributed to the segregation of this class of organisms from t...