Biotechnological Potential of Carotenoids Produced by Extremophilic Microorganisms and Application Prospects for the Cosmetics Industry

作     者：Tayane de Cássia Dias Mendes-Silva Rosileide Fontenele da Silva Andrade Marcio Akio Ootani Paulo Vitor Dias Mendes Rafael Artur de Queiroz Cavalcanti de Sá Milena Roberta Freire da Silva Karolayne Silva Souza Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia Márcia Vanusa da Silva Maria Betânia Melo de Oliveira Tayane de Cássia Dias Mendes-Silva;Rosileide Fontenele da Silva Andrade;Marcio Akio Ootani;Paulo Vitor Dias Mendes;Rafael Artur de Queiroz Cavalcanti de Sá;Milena Roberta Freire da Silva;Karolayne Silva Souza;Maria Tereza dos Santos Correia;Márcia Vanusa da Silva;Maria Betânia Melo de Oliveira

作者机构：Department of Biochemistry Federal University of Pernambuco Recife Brazil National Program Postdoctoral CAPES (PNPD) Catholic University of Pernambuco Recife Brazil Bioprocess Laboratory Center of Strategic Technologies Northeast Recife Brazil Design Department Federal University of Pernambuco Recife Brazil Nucleus of Bioprospecting and Conservation of the Caatinga Semiarid National Institute/Ministry of Science Technology Innovations and Communications Campina Grande Brazil 

出 版 物：《Advances in Microbiology》 (微生物学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第10卷第8期

页      面：397-410页

学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：Natural Pigment Microbial Production Hostile Environments Antioxidant Photoprotection 

摘      要：Carotenoids are isoprenoid pigments used in food, chemical, textile, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. They act not only as dyes and provitamins A but also have antioxidants, photoprotective, antimicrobial properties, among others. This class of pigment can be obtained traditionally by plants or chemical synthesis, but they have some disadvantages. In recent years, search for alternative sources has been an important strategy for the carotenoid industries. Microbial synthesis is an alternative that has shown good yields, speed, and reduced production costs. Hostile environments, such as the Caatinga domain, represent an interesting source of microorganisms that produce biomolecules, especially carotenoids, because of oxidative stress caused by sunlight. Thus, this region has been attracting the attention of the scientific community and industry for the use of these organisms in the production of carotenoids and applications in cosmetic products;since these compounds have interesting antioxidant and photoprotective properties. In this review, general characteristics of carotenoids, sources of production, industrial applicability, and commercialization will be discussed, as well as perspectives on the production of carotenoids from microorganisms isolated from the Caatinga and their application in anti-UV products.