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Popular Fungus Gets Vitamin A Boost from USDA

May 1, 2009: 06:25 AM EST
A USDA research scientist has successfully developed a new strain of a popular fungus that provides higher amounts of vitamin A, offering hopes of combating blindness in children and other conditions in areas of Africa and Southeast Asia. The “red rice yeast” from the Monascus purpureus fungus is popular in rice and other Asian foods. ARS plant geneticist Daniel Z. Skinner has exploited its pigment-producing capability by injecting it with genes from another fungus, Blakelslea trispora, to produce beta-carotene, which the human body readily converts to vitamin A. In the right conditions the fungus can produce as much beta-carotene as a carrot, says Skinner. The work was funded by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.
Jan Suszkiw, "Edible Fungus Could Help Address Vitamin A Deficiency ", May 01, 2009, via USDA
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