토양(土壤)으로부터 분리동정(分離同定)된 우수(優秀)한 세포내(細胞內) 지질생성균주(脂質生成菌株)인 Rhodotorula glutinis var. glutinis sw-17에 대(對)하여 carotenoid생성능(生成能)을 검토(檢討)하고서 이 균주(菌株)를 $25^{circ}C$에서 8일간(日間) 진환배양(振還培養)하여 caroteneid 색소(色素)를 추출분리(抽出分離)하여 column에 흡착(吸着)된 색소층(色素層)의 순서(順序)와 용출(溶出)하여 정제(精製)한 각색소(各色素)의 흡수곡선(吸收曲線)에 의하여 각각(各各)의 carotenoid를 확인(確認)했으며 이들의 흡광도(吸光度)를 측정(測定)하여 Beer의 법칙(法則)에 따라 참고문헌(參考文獻)의 흡광계수(吸光係數)를 사용(使用)하여 정량(定量)한 결과(結果) torularhodin 25.52%, torulene 38.16%, neuroporene 1.49%, ${gamma}-carotene$ 9.88%, ${eta}-zeacarotene$ 2.0%, ${eta}-carotene$ 19.95%이었으며 ${delta}-carotene$은 거의 흔적(痕蹟)에 가까웠다. 따라서 Rhodotonula glutinis var. glutinis sw-17의 주색소(主色素)는 torularhodin, torulene이었다.
A potent intracellular-lipid-producing yeast, Rhodotrorular glutinis var. glutinis sw-17 was studied on the production of carotenoids after shaking the cultures for 8 days at $25^{circ}C$. The pigments were extracted with solvents and chromatographed with columns for its isolation. The carotonoids were identified by their positions on the column, and by their light-absorption curves. Close agreement was obtained between the absorption maxima of the isolated pigments and published literature values. The characteristic wave length maxima and the extinction values used for quantitative determination. The caroteniod pigments produced by the yeast were composed of torularhodin(28.52%), torulene(38.16%), neurosporene(1.49%), ${gamma}-carotene(9.88%)$, ${eta}$-zeacarotene(2.0%), ${eta}-carotene(19.95%)$ and ${delta}-carotene(trace)$.
