ATCC? Number:30861?
Organism: Dunaliella bardawil Amotz and Avron
Isolation: salt pond near Bardawil Lagoon, North Sinai, Israel, 1976
Depositors: A Ben-Amotz
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: test tube
Growth Conditions: ATCCmedium 1174: DA mediumMax Temperature: 25.0°C Min Temperature: 20.0°C
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Applications: produces carotene carotenes, zeta-carotene [2458] produces glycerol glycerin, glycerine [2458] produces glycerol, carotenes, and protein-rich material [2458]
Comments: Photosynthetic. Deposited as mixed culture. Bacteria present. Source of beta-carotene in chicken feed [58073] Chemical profile of selected species of microalgae [4662] Stereoisomers of B-carotene and phytoene [5048] [4884] Two-phase growth for B-carotene production [23778]
Cross References: Nucleotide (GenBank) : U91900 Dunaliella bardawil phytoene synthase mRNA, complete cds.
Classification: KINGDOM: Plantae
References: 2458: Avron M, Ben-Amotz A. Production of glycerol, carotenes and algae meal. US Patent 4,199,895 dated Apr 29 1980 4662: Ben-Amotz A, et al. Chemical profile of selected species of microalgae with emphasis on lipids. J. Phycol. 21: 72-81, 1985. 4884: Ben-Amotz A, Avron M. On the factors which determine massive Beta-carotene accumulation in the halotolerant alga Dunaliella bardawil. Plant Physiol. 72: 593-597, 1983. 4932: Ben-Amotz A. Accumulation of beta-carotene in halotolerant algae: purification and characterization of beta-carotene-rich globules form Dunaliella bardawil (Chlorophyceae). J. Phycol. 18: 529-537, 1982. 4933: Ben-Amotz A, et al. Massive accumulation of phytoene induced by norflurazon in Dunaliella bardawil (Chlorophyceae) prevents recovery from photoinhibition1. J. Phycol. 23: 176-181, 1987. 4934: Ben-Amotz A, Avron M. The wavelength dependence of massive carotene synthesis in Dunaliella bardawil (Chlorophyceae)1. J. Phycol. 25: 175-178, 1989. 5048: Ben-Amotz A, et al. Stereoisomers of 謾-carotene and phytoene in the alga Dunaliella bardawil. Plant Physiol. 86: 1286-1291, 1988. 23778: Ben-Amotz A. New mode of Dunaliella biotechnology: two phase growth for B-carotene production. J. Appl. Phycol. 7: 65-68, 1995. 58073: Ben-Amotz A, et al. Use of the beta-carotene rich alga Dunaliella bardawil as a source of retinol. Br. Poult. Sci. 27: 613-619, 1986. PubMed: 3815129