Dunaliella Biotechnology

Zusammenfassung

Dunaliella salina Teod. and Dunaliella viridis Teod. are very interesting from scientific and practical points of view in that they represent models for studying mechanisms of tolerance to extreme conditions of salinity, temperature, and pH. Identifying the genes that encode proteins responsible for the species remarkable tolerance to extreme conditions may facilitate increasing resistance to these conditions in other plants via transgenic means. The species can also be cultivated in large volumes and may therefore be a viable source for the industrial production of β-carotene (provitamin A), ascorbic and dehydroascorbic acids, glycerol, and forage for piscine industry and other uses [Massjuk, 1973].