A salt lake extremophile, Paracoccus bogoriensis sp. nov., efficiently produces xanthophyll carotenoids

George O. Osanjo; Elizabeth W. Muthike; Leah Tsuma; Michael W. Okoth; Wallace D. Bulimo; Heinrich Luuml;nsdorf; Wolf-Rainer Abraham; Michel Dion; Kenneth N. Timmis; Peter N. Golyshin; Francis J. Mulaa

doi:10.5897/AJMR.9000010

African Journal of
Microbiology Research

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
Language: English
ISSN: 1996-0808
DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
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A salt lake extremophile, Paracoccus bogoriensis sp. nov., efficiently produces xanthophyll carotenoids

George O. Osanjo1*, Elizabeth W. Muthike2, Leah Tsuma3, Michael W. Okoth2, Wallace D. Bulimo3, Heinrich Lünsdorf4, Wolf-Rainer Abraham4, Michel Dion5, Kenneth N. Timmis4 , Peter N. Golyshin4 and Francis J. Mulaa3

1School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, P. O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. 2Department of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. 3Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, P. O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. 4Division of Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. 5Université de Nantes, UMR CNRS 6204, Biotechnologie, Biocatalyse, Biorégulation, Faculté des Sciences et des Techniques, 2, rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, Nantes, F- 44322, France.
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Article Number - D7BF3E913679
Vol.3(8), pp. 426-433 , August 2009
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJMR.9000010

Accepted: 27 July 2009
Published: 31 August 2009

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