Occurrence of Euryhaline Dunaliella salina in Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Assessment and Optimization of its Total Carotenoid by Orthogonal Array Design

摘要

Dunaliella salina has been widely reported in the halophilic environment. The present study first time reveals and reports the presence of green alga D. salina identified by both morphological and molecular identification from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a rainy tropical environment. Besides, it was adapted for the optimization of total carotenoid production by using Taguchi tool with various combinations of different parameters, like light intensity, pH, salinity, NaN0_3 and NaH_2P0_4 in basal De Walne's medium of which 40nEm~2s~(-1) light intensity showed maximum production of 249.24 ng/mL of total carotenoid followed by NaN0_3, NaH_2P0_4, pH, and salinity. Hence, this study proves that D. salina possesses the character of adapting to the extremehabitats with total carotenoid production.