| abstract |
A method for producing a carotenoid, which comprises culturing a carotenoid-producing bacterium in a culture medium supplemented with an amino acid and collecting the carotenoid from a culture produced, wherein the amino acid is at least one member selected from the group consisting of glutamic acid, aspartic acid, glutamine, asparagine, alanine, glycine, serine, threonine, arginine, tyrosine, proline, phenylalanine, leucine, and salts thereof. |