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Microbial oil production from corncob acid hydrolysate by Trichosporon cutaneum
Xue-fang Chen1, Chao Huang, Lian Xiong
1Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Corncob was treated by dilute H(2)SO(4). The hydrolysate contained 45.7 g sugar/l. Without concentration or adding other nutrients, the hydrolysate, after being detoxified by overliming and adsorption with activated charcoal, was used for oil production using Trichosporon cutaneum. After 8 days' growth in shake-flasks, the biomass was 22.1 g/l with a lipid content of 36%. The lipid yield per mass of sugar was 17.4% (w/w). Corncob thus is a promising raw material for microbial oil production by this yeast.
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