Composition and Photoinduced Biosynthesis of the Carotenoids of a Protoplast-like Neurospora Crassa "slime" Mutant

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Journal Arch Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1977 Jan 11

PMID 138402

Citations 2

Authors

U Mitzka

W Rau

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Abstract

A spheroplast-like "slime" mutant of Neurospora crassa (lacking a rigid cell wall) was found to synthesize an identical spectrum of carotenoids as wild type strains except for beta-carotene. Furthermore strict photoregulation of the biosynthesis of these pigments as well as the characteristics of photoinduced carotenogenesis were also nearly identical in the mutant and in the wild type.

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