| abstract |
The present invention is directed to a process for producing carotenoids comprisingncultivating a recombinant organism having a gene for one or more active oxygen species-quenchingnfactor(s) that is substantially disrupted with a disruption cassette specific to thengene, and recovering carotenoids from the culture, as well as to genetic materials useful innthe said process, such as a recombinant organism producible of carotenoids, a disruptionncassette, a recombinant DNA sequence, a recombinant DNA fragment; and anpolynucleotide. |