Production of carotenoids by the isolated yeast of Rhodotorula glutinis

Production of carotenoids by the isolated yeast of Rhodotorula glutinis

The production of carotenoids by the strain of Rhodotorula glutinis, a red soil yeast isolated from IPRAŞ refinery wastewater, was investigated in a batch system as a function of initial pH, temperature, aeration rate, initial sugar (glucose, molasses sucrose and whey lactose) and ammonium sulphate...

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Published in:Biochemical engineering journal Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 107 - 113
Main Authors: Aksu, Zümriye, Eren, Ayşe Tuğba
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 15-07-2007
Amsterdam Elsevier Science
New York, NY
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
Carotenoids
Fermentation
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Glucose
Molasses sucrose
Rhodotorula glutinis
Whey lactose
Whey lactose
Molasses sucrose
Carotenoids
Glucose
Fermentation
Rhodotorula glutinis
Yeast
Molasses
Sucrose
Whey
Fungi
Lactose
Production
Fungi Imperfecti
Carotenoid
Thallophyta
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Summary:The production of carotenoids by the strain of Rhodotorula glutinis, a red soil yeast isolated from IPRAŞ refinery wastewater, was investigated in a batch system as a function of initial pH, temperature, aeration rate, initial sugar (glucose, molasses sucrose and whey lactose) and ammonium sulphate concentrations and activator (cotton seed oil and Tween 80) addition. Optimum pH and temperature for total carotenoids production were determined as 6 and 30 °C, respectively. Total carotenoids concentration and carotenoids production yield significantly enhanced with increasing aeration rate up to 2.4 vvm. An initial ammonium sulphate concentration of 2 g l −1 gave the maximum carotenoids production. Only the cotton seed oil improved the carotenoids productivity of the yeast considerably at 5 g l −1 initial glucose concentration. In general, the increase in initial glucose and molasses sucrose concentrations extended the growth of yeast and total carotenoids production while increase in whey lactose concentration did not show the same effect. The highest carotenoid concentration (125.0 mg total carotenoids per liter of fermentation broth) was obtained when 20 g l −1 molasses sucrose was used as the carbon source while the highest product yield based on the maximum cell concentration (35.5 mg total carotenoids per gram of dry cells) was achieved when 13.2 g l −1 whey lactose was the carbon source in the broth.
ISSN:1369-703X
1873-295X
DOI:10.1016/j.bej.2007.01.004