Culturable Yeast Diversity Associated with Industrial Cultures of the Microalga <i>Microchloropsis gaditana</i> and Their Ability to Produce Lipids and Biosurfactants.

ABSTRACT: The marine oleaginous microalga Microchloropsis gaditana (formerly Nannochloropsis gaditana) exhibits a high capacity to thrive in a broad range of environmental conditions, being predominantly utilized as feed in aquaculture. This article reports the characterization of the culturable yeast population present during the scale-up process of M. gaditana cultivation at Necton S.A. facilities, from 5 L flasks until tubular photobioreactors. The 146 yeast isolates obtained, molecularly identified based on D1/D2 and ITS nucleotide sequences, belong to the species Rhodotorula diobovata, R. mucilaginosa, R. taiwanensis, R. sphaerocarpa, Vishniacozyma carnescens, Moesziomyces aphidis, and Meyerozyma guilliermondii. The yeast abu

SUBMITTER: Matos M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11943003 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature