Patent 7229786 was granted and assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on June, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of producing a carotenoid in solid form includes culturing a strain of Chlorophyta algae cells in a minimal inorganic medium and separating the algae comprising a solid form of carotenoid. In one embodiment f the invention, the strain of Chlorophyta algae cells includes a strain f Chlamydomonas algae cells.