Lactose-assimilating yeasts with high fatty acid accumulation uncovered by untargeted bioprospecting.

ABSTRACT: Bioprospecting can uncover new yeast strains and species with interesting ecological characteristics and valuable biotechnological traits, such as the capacity to convert different carbon sources from industrial side and waste streams into bioproducts. In this study, we conducted untargeted yeast bioprospecting in tropical West Africa, collecting 1,996 isolates and determining their growth in 70 different environments. While the collection contains numerous isolates with the potential to assimilate several cost-effective and sustainable carbon and nitrogen sources, we focused on characterizing the 203 strains capable of growing on lactose, the main carbon source in the abundant side stream cheese whey from dairy industries. Through internal transcribed spacer sequencing of the lactose-assi

SUBMITTER: Persson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11784187 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature