BLAKESLEA TRISPORA PRODUCING HIGH YIELD OF LYCOPENE IN A SUITABLE MEDIUM IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXOGENOUS CAROTENOGENESIS INHIBITOR

摘要

The invention relates to Blakeslea trispora (B. trispora) strains producing at least 0.3 g/l lycopene, when co-cultivated for at least three days with a suitable strain of Blakeslea trispora of the opposite mating type in a suitable medium in the absence of an exogenous cartenogenesis inhibitor, to a natural efficient production process of lycopene by these strains, to a growth medium highly suited for this process and to an isolation process suited for any carotenoid compound.