Analysis of Carotenoids in Haloarchaea Species from Atacama Saline Lakes by High Resolution UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap-Mass Spectrometry: Antioxidant Potential and Biological Effect on Cell Viability

• Main Authors: Catherine Lizama (Author), Javier Romero-Parra (Author), Daniel Andrade (Author), Felipe Riveros (Author), Jorge Bórquez (Author), Shakeel Ahmed (Author), Luis Venegas-Salas (Author), Carolina Cabalín (Author), Mario J. Simirgiotis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Haloarchaea are extreme halophilic microorganisms belonging to the domain Archaea, phylum Euryarchaeota, and are producers of interesting antioxidant carotenoid compounds. In this study, four new strains of <i>Haloarcula</i> sp., isolated from saline lakes of the Atacama Desert, are repo...