Genetic algorithms (GA) based on the principle of mimicing Darwinian evolution and survival of the fittest in a natural environment was used to optimize the medium for astaxanthin production by the mutant strain W6 8 of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous.

• 运用基于达尔文进化学说和适者生存原理的遗传算法对发夫酵母突变株W6-8产虾青素的培养基进行了优化。