Induction of resistance mechanisms in Rhodotorula toruloides for growth in sugarcane hydrolysate with high inhibitor content

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, Tartu - Estonia

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; v. 105, n. 24 NOV 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides is a potential lipid producer for biodiesel production. However, this yeast shows growth inhibition due to harmful compounds when cultivated in hemicellulose hydrolysate. Here, we present a comparative analysis of colony selection and heterologous adaptive laboratory enhancement (ALE) strategies for obtaining robust strains. We implemented these ALE strategies for R. toruloides in a culture medium containing sugarcane hemicellulose hydrolysate. Our comparison study showed that the strain obtained with heterogeneous ALE strategy (Rth) reached a mu(max) of 55% higher than the parental strain. It also exhibited higher biomass production (6.51 g/l) and lipid content (60%). ALE with colony selection strategy (Rtc) had a fitness gain in terms of shortening of the lag phase (9 h) when compared to Rth and parental strain (11.67, 12.33 h, respectively). When cultivated in Eucalyptus urograndis hemicellulose hydrolysate, the Rth strain achieved a high lipid content, 64%. Kinetics studies showed a strong effect of acetic acid as a repressor of xylose consumption during R. toruloides cultivation. (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