Metabolic switching: synergistic induction of carotenogenesis in the aerial microalga, Vischeria helvetica, under environmental stress conditions by inhibitors of fatty acid biosynthesis.

Objectives To investigate the roles of fatty acid biosynthesis in carotenogenesis in the high-lipid accumulating aerial microalga Vischeria helvetica KGU-Y001, we cultured algal cells with fatty acid biosynthesis inhibitors.