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- Title
Monitoring Yeast Cultures Grown on Corn Stover Hydrolysate for Lipid Production.
- Authors
Fontes, Afonso; Francisco, Ricardo; Ferreira, Frederico Castelo; Faria, Nuno Torres; Marques, Susana; Reis, Alberto; Moura, Patrícia; Lukasik, Rafal; Santos, José; Lopes da Silva, Teresa
- Abstract
Microbial oils can be used as an alternative sustainable and renewable feedstock to fossil reserves for producing lubricants and polyurethane materials. Two oleaginous yeasts were grown on non-detoxified corn stover hydrolysate supplemented with corn steep liquor and mineral medium in shake flasks. Trichosporon oleaginosus DSM 11815 displayed the highest lipid production. This strain was further cultivated in a bench bioreactor, using the same culture medium, under a batch regime. Flow cytometry was used to monitor the T. oleaginosus culture using the dual staining technique (SYBR Green and PI) for cell membrane integrity detection. Values of 42.28% (w/w) and 0.06 g/Lh lipid content and lipid productivity, respectively, were recorded for T. oleaginosus cultivated in the bench bioreactor operated under a batch regime. During the cultivation, most of the yeast cells maintained their integrity. T. oleaginosus has the potential to be used as an oil microbial source for a wide range of industrial applications. In addition, it is robust in adverse conditions such as lignocellulosic hydrolysate exposure and oxygen-limiting conditions. Flow cytometry is a powerful and useful tool for monitoring yeast cultivations on lignocellulosic hydrolysates for cell count, size, granularity, and membrane integrity detection.
- Subjects
YEAST culture; CORN stover; CORN farming; POLYURETHANES; LIGNOCELLULOSE; LIPIDS; FLOW cytometry
- Publication
Processes, 2024, Vol 12, Issue 3, p558
- ISSN
2227-9717
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/pr12030558