Method for producing fermented carotenoid using carotenoid-producing bacteria obtained by using cobalt-containing culturing medium

• Main Authors: Yoneda, Hisashi, Yata, Tetsuhisa, Azuma, Mitsutoshi, Hirasawa, Kazuaki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.03.2021
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention provides a method for high yield and stable production of carotenoids through microbial culture. The present invention provides a method for culture of carotenoid-producing bacteria, which comprises culturing carotenoid-producing bacteria in a medium containing cobalt or a cobalt salt at a concentration of 0.005 μmol/L to 20 μmol/L.