Fig. 4

Tissue- and media-specific β-carotene production. a Comparison of β-carotene production in spores and mycelia of TJSF3.1 in triplicates. The strains were grown under nitrate inducing conditions and carotenoid production was normalized to the amount produced in mycelia. b Comparison of β-carotenoid production between TJSF1.1 (carRA and carB) and TJSF3.1 (ggs1, carRA and carB). Strains were grown under nitrate inducible conditions and β-carotene was quantified based on normalized dry weight in triplicates. No significant difference be could be detected. c Comparison of β-carotene production between TJSf1.1 (carRA and carB) and TJSF3.1 (ggs1, carRA and carB) grown on nitrate inducible conditions either supplemented with (+) or without (−) 10 mM mevalonate in triplicates. No significant difference be could be detected