Screening of xylose utilizing and high lipid producing yeast strains as a potential candidate for industrial application.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sustainable production of oil for food, feed, fuels and other lipid-based chemicals is essential to meet the demand of the increasing human population. Consequently, novel and sustainable resources such as lignocellulosic hydrolysates and processes involving these must be explored. In this paper we screened for naturally-occurring xylose utilizing oleaginous yeasts as cell factories for lipid production, since pentose sugar catabolism plays a major role in efficient utilization of lignocellulosic feedstocks. Glycerol utilization, which is also beneficial in yeast-based oil production as glycerol is a common by-product of biodiesel production, was investigated as well. Natural yeast isolates were studied for lipid accumulation on a variety of substrates, and the highest l

SUBMITTER: Qvirist L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261059 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature