Rhodotorula toruloides Single Cell Oil Production Using Eucalyptus urograndis Hemicellulose Hydrolysate as a Carbon Source

Autor(es)

Santos Lopes, Helberth Junnior ^[1] ; Bonturi, Nemailla ^[2] ; Miranda, Everson Alves ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Sch Chem Engn, Dept Mat & Bioproc Engn, BR-13083852 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Tartu, Inst Technol, EE-50411 Tartu - Estonia

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ENERGIES; v. 13, n. 4 FEB 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Microbial oil is a potential substitute for vegetable oils in the biodiesel industry. Efforts to obtain cheap carbon sources for the cultivation of lipid-producing microorganisms comprise an active research area. This work aimed to extract the hemicellulose fraction from Eucalyptus uograndis and to use its hydrolysate as a carbon source for Rhodotorula toruloides (an oleaginous yeast) cultivation for microbial oil production. Hemicellulose hydrothermal extractions were performed at different temperatures, times, and ratios of solid to liquid (S/L). Temperature and time showed a stronger effect on the solubilization of hemicellulose. Hemicellulose extraction at 155 degrees C, 195 min, and an S/L ratio of 1/2 resulted in a hydrolysate with a xylose content of 37.0 g/l. R. toruloides cultivation in this hydrolysate showed that initial pH had a strong influence on cell growth. At an initial pH of 6.2, cells grew to 6.0 g/l of biomass with a lipid content of 50%. Therefore, we believe that E. urograndis hemicellulose hydrolysate could be a potential substrate for R. toruloides for lipid production based on the biorefinery concept. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/10636-8 - Da fábrica celular à biorrefinaria integrada Biodiesel-Bioetanol: uma abordagem sistêmica aplicada a problemas complexos em micro e macroescalas
• Beneficiário: Roberto de Campos Giordano
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOEN - Temático